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
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- AIDS- Human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)
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- Hepatitis- Hepatitis A,B, C, D, E
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- Influenza- Influenza virus
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- Rabies- Rabies virus
- Measles- Measles virus
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- Amoebiasis- Entamoeba histolytica
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- African sleeping sickness- Trypanosoma brucei
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- American sleeping sickness- T. cruzi
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- Balantidiasis- Balantidium coli
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- Giardiasis- Giardia lambila
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- Malaria- Plasmodium spp.
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- Leishmaniasis- Leishmania donovani
- Trichomoniasis- Trichomonas vaginalis
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- Beef tapeworm disease- Taenis saginata
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- Blood fluke disease- Schistossoma mansoni
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- Eye worm disease- Loa loa
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- Dwarf tapeworm disease- Hymenolepsis nana
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- Filariasis- Wuchereria bancrofti
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- Hookworm disease- Ancylostoma duodenale
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- Intestinal fluke disease- Fasciolopsis buski
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- Pork tapeworm disease- Taenia solium
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- Pinworm disease- Enterobius vermicularis
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- Roundworm disease- Ascaris lumbricoides
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- Trichionosis- Trichinella spiralis
- Whipworm disease- Trichuris trichiura