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


• Measles- Measles 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


• Trichomoniasis- Trichomonas vaginalis

• 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


• Whipworm disease- Trichuris trichiura

 

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