Diseases and Causative Organisms List

Anthrax- Bacillus anthracis

Ascaris : Ascaris lumbricoides

Botulism- Clostridium botulinum

Bacillary dysentery- Shigella dysenteriae

Cholera- Vibrio cholerae

Chlamydia- Chlamydia trachomatis

Chicken pox – Varicella Virus

Diphtheria- Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Filariasis : Wuchereria bancrofti

Gonorrhea- Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Pediculosis : Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse); Phthirus pubis (crab louse)

Legionnaire’s disease- Legionella pneumophila

Mononucleosis : Epstein-Barr virus

Meningococcal meningitis- Neisseria meningitides

Pneumococcal pneumonia- Streptococcus pneumoniae

Syphilis- Treponema pallidam

Typhoid fever- Salmonella typhi

Tetanus- Clostridium tetani

Tuberculosis- Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Whooping cough- Bordetella pertussis

• AIDS- Human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)

• Hepatitis- Hepatitis A,B, C, D, E

• Influenza- Influenza virus

• Rabies- Rabies virus

• Amoebiasis- Entamoeba histolytica

• African sleeping sickness- Trypanosoma brucei

• American sleeping sickness- T. cruzi

• Balantidiasis- Balantidium coli

• Giardiasis- Giardia lambila

• Malaria- Plasmodium spp.

• Leishmaniasis- Leishmania donovani

• Beef tapeworm disease- Taenis saginata

• Blood fluke disease- Schistossoma mansoni

• Eye worm disease- Loa loa

• Dwarf tapeworm disease- Hymenolepsis nana

• Filariasis- Wuchereria bancrofti

• Hookworm disease- Ancylostoma duodenale

• Intestinal fluke disease- Fasciolopsis buski

• Pork tapeworm disease- Taenia solium

• Pinworm disease- Enterobius vermicularis

• Roundworm disease- Ascaris lumbricoides

• Trichionosis- Trichinella spiralis