List of Human Diseases Caused By Bacteria and Viruses
Bacterias are also presented in human body, especially in the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract such like nose, most of them are not harmful.
Bacteriophages are a type of virus that evolved to target specific species of bacteria as their hosts.
| Disease | Causing Agent | Infection / Transmission |
|---|---|---|
| AIDS | Human T-cell HIV virus | blood and sperms , through sexual contact(homo or heterosexual) |
| Ascariasis | Ascaris lumbricoides | raw vegetables infected with eggs |
| Athletes’ | Trichophyton | Foot bad foot hygiene |
| Bacillary Dysentery | Shigella Dysenterie | flies, food, faeces |
| Sleeping Sickness | Tryponosoma Brucei(protozoa) | reaches lymph nodes via transmission thru fly bites. |
| Diphtheria | Corynebacterium diptheriae ( Bacteria) | contact |
| Dengue | Dengue Virus (arbovirus) | Aedes Mosquito |
| Common Cold | Rhino Virus | contact |
| Cholera flies | Varibrio Cholerae | food , faeces, carriers |
| Chickenpox | Varicella Virus | contact |
| Botulism | Clostridium botulinum | food poisoning |
| Plague | Yersinia Pestis | Rat Flea |
| Mumps | Mumps Virus (Paramyxovirus) | contact |
| Measles | Measles virus (ParaMyxoVirus) | contact |
| Leprosy | Mycobacterium Leprae | Long and close contact |
| kala azar | leishmania donovani | infected sand fly |
| Influenza | Flu Orthomixovirus | contact |
| Hook worm | disease Ancylostoma Duedenale | faiseces and walking barefoot |
| Herpes | Herps Virus | contact |
| Gonorrhoea | Diplococcus ( Neisseria gonorrhoeae) | sexual intercourse |
| Filariasis | Wuchereria bancrofti | mosquito, infection in lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels |
| Sore Throat | Streptococcus | Bacteria contact |
| Rabies | Rhabdovirus | mad dog bites |
| Poliomyelitis | Polio Virus | houseflies, food and water |
| Pneumonia | Diplococcus pneumoniae | bacteria transmission by contact |
| Vaginatis | Trichomonas Vaginalis | Female Vaginal tracts |
| Typhoid | Salmonella Typhi | Flies, food etc |
| Tetanus | Clostidium tetani | bacteria in soil through wounds |
| TB | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Bacteria transmission by cough |
| Pneumonia | Diplococcus pneumoniae | bacteria transmission by contact |
| Whooping cough | Bordetella pertussis | coughing and sneezing |
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