Diseases Caused By Microorganisms: Types, Symptoms & Prevention

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Name of Diseases	Causative Agent	Mode of Transmission
Tuberculosis	Mycobacterium Tuberculosis	Air
Typhoid	Salmonella Typhi	Water
Pneumonia	Haemophilus Influenza and Streptococcus Pneumoniae	Droplets of sneeze in the air
Cholera	Vibrio Cholerae	Food and water
Anthrax	Bacillus Anthraces	Contact with contaminated meat
Diphtheria	Corynebacterium Diphtheriae	Air or contact with an infected agent
Citrus Canker	Xanthomonas Axonopodis	Air
Acne Vulgaris	Propionibacterium Acnes	Direct contact to the infected person
Plague	Yersinia pestis	Air and direct contact
Peptic Ulcers	Helicobacter Pylori	N/A

Name of Diseases	Causative Agent	Mode of Transmission
Cold, cough and flu	Rhinoviruses	Respiratory droplets in the air
AIDS	HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus	Exchange of blood, semen and vaginal and rectal fluids breast milk
Ebola	Ebola virus	Infected animal
Dengue	Flavivirus	Aedes mosquito (female)
Chikungunya	Chikungunya virus	Aedes Aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquito
Smallpox	Variola major and minor	Air, water and direct contact with an infected agent
Chicken Pox	Varicella zoster virus	Air and direct contact
Hepatitis B	Hepatitis B virus	Blood Exchange or sexually transmitted
Polio or Poliomyelitis	Poliovirus	Water, mouth or body waste
Zika	Zika virus	Aedes Aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquito
Measles	Measles virus	Air
Oral and foot diseases	Picornavirus or Genus Aphthovirus	Animal and close contact with the infected agent
Covid-19	Coronavirus	Respiratory droplets in the air and direct contact

Name of Diseases	Causative Agent	Mode of Transmission
Rust of wheat	Micro Trichophyton and Epidermophyton fungi	Contact with infected skin
Ringworms	Puccinia Rust fungus	Air and seeds

Name of Diseases	Causative Agent	Mode of Transmission
Malaria	Plasmodium Malaria, Plasmodium Vivax and Plasmodium Falciparum	Anopheles mosquito (female)
Sleeping Sickness	Trypanosoma	Infected tsetse fly
Amoebic Dysentery and Amoebiasis	Entamoeba Histolytica	Impure water and food
Visceral Leishmaniasis or Kala-Azar	Leishmania genus	Sandflies
Ladies Finger or Yellow Vein	Yellow Vein Mosaic virus	Insect
Dysentery	Leishmania	N/A

Different Diseases Caused by Microorganisms

What Is a Microorganism?

What Are the Types of Microorganisms That Can Cause Diseases?

1. Bacteria

2. Viruses

3. Fungi

4. Protozoa

List of Diseases Caused by Microorganisms

Diseases Caused by Bacteria

Diseases Caused by Virus

Diseases Caused by Fungi

Diseases Caused by Protozoa

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