DISEASES-CAUSATIVE AGENTS

Strep Throat (Streptococcal Pharyngitis)

Streptococcus pyogenes

Scarlet Fever (scarlatina)

Streptococcus pyogenes

Rheumatic Fever

Streptococcus pyogenes

Diphtheria

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Sinusitis

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Otitis Media (ear ache)

Haemophilus influenzae

Pneumococcal pneumonia

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Atypical pneumonia

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Klebsiella pneumonia

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Legionnaire's disease

Legionella pneumophila

Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Tubercle bacilli

Pertussis (whooping cough)

Bordatella pertussis

Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)

Coccidioides immitis

Blastomycosis

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Histoplasmosis

Histoplasma capsulatum

Impetigo (pyoderma)

Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes

necrotizing fasciitis

Streptococcus pyogenes

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Tickborne Typhus Fever)

Rickettsia rickettsii

Anthrax (Woolsorter's Disease)

Bacillus anthracis

Small Pox

Variola virus (orthopoxvirus)

Monkeypox

Monkeypox virus

Chickenpox

varicella zoster virus

Shingles

varicella zoster virus

Measles (Rubeola or hard measles)

Morbillivirus

German Measles (Rubella or three-day measles)

Rubella virus (rubivirus)

Leishmaniasis

Leishmania

Dermatophytoses (ringworm or tinea)

Three genera of ascomycetes (Microsporum, Epidermphyton, trichophyton)

Meningitis

streptococcus pneumoniae

Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)

Mycobacterium leprae

Tetanus (lockjaw)

Clostridium tetani

Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis)

Poliovirus

Rabies

Rabies virus

African trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness)

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)

Trypanosoma cruzi

Trachoma

Chlamydia trachomatis

Sore eyes (conjunctivitis)

Adenovirus, Chemicals, and Trauma

Tularemia (rabbit fever)

Francisella tularensis

Plague

Yersinia pestis

Malaria

Plasmodium vivax

Cholera

Vibrio cholerae

Salmonellosis

Salmonella enterica

Typhoid fever (enteric fever)

Salmonella typhi or typhoid Bacilus

Shigellosis (Bacillary Dysentery)

Shigella dysenteriae, S. flexneri, S. boydii, and S. sonnei;

Mumps

Mumps virus

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A virus (HAV)

Giardiasis

Giardia duodenalis

Amebiasis (Amebic Dysentery)

Entamoeba histolytica

Chlamydia

Chlamydia trachomatis

Gonorrhea

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Syphilis

Treponema pallidum

Trichomoniasis

Trichomonas vaginalis

Hepatitis B

hepatitis B virus (HBV)

Genital Herpes

Herpes simplex type I virus & Herpes simplex type II virus

Genital Warts

Human papillomavirus (HPV)

HIV/AIDS

Type 1 and 2 HIV

yeast vaginitis

Candida albicans

Thrush

Candida albicans

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

H5N1

Sever Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Coronavirus.

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV)

Novel Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

Pubic lice & Scabies

Parasitic infestations

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

Ebolavirus

Zika

Aedes mosquito

Covid-19

SARS-CoV-2