Biology: Common Diseases and their causes(Disease caused by Bacteria, Disease Caused by Protozoans, Disease Caused by Worms, Disease caused by Viruses)

Biology: Common Diseases and their causes(Disease caused by Bacteria, Disease Caused by Protozoans, Disease Caused by Worms, Disease caused by Viruses)

 

Disease caused by Bacteria:

• Whooping Cough - Borde tella pertussis.
• Diphtheria - Coryne bacterium diphtheriae.
• Cholera - Vibrio cholerae.
• Leprosy - Mycobacterium leprae.
• Pneumonia- Streptococcus pneumoniae.
• Tetanus - Clostridium tetani.
• Typhoid - Salmonella typhi.
• Tuberculosis - Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
• Plague - Yersinia pestis.

 

 

Disease Caused by Protozoans:

• Malaria - It is spread by Anopheles mosquitoes. The Plasmodium parasite that causes malaria is neither a virus nor a bacteria
• Amoebic dysentery - Entamoebahistolytica.
• Sleeping sickness - Trypanosoma brucei.
• Kala azar - Leishmaniadonovani

 

 

Disease Caused by Worms:

• Tapeworm - They are intestinal parasites. It cannot live on its own. It survives within the intestine of an animal including human.
• Filariasis - thread.
• Pinworm - small, thin, white roundworm called Enterobiusvermicularis.

 

 

Disease caused by Viruses:

• Chicken pox - Varicella-zoster virus.
• Small Pox - Variola virus.
• Common Cold – Rhinovirus
• AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
• Measles - Measles virus.
• Mumps - Mumps virus.
• Rabies - Rabies virus (Rhabdoviridae family).
• Dengue fever - Dengue virus.
• Viral encephalitis - It is an inflammation of the brain. rabies virus, Herpes simplex, polio virus, measles virus, and JC virus