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BACTERIA: 22.

Treponema pallidum - Causes


1. Bacillus anthracis - Causes syphilis, a sexually transmitted
anthrax. infection.
2. Bordetella pertussis - Causes 23. Vibrio cholerae - Causes cholera.
whooping cough (pertussis). 24. Vibrio vulnificus - Causes severe
3. Borrelia burgdorferi - Causes skin infections and can be
Lyme disease, transmitted by ticks. contracted from contaminated
4. Borrelia recurrentis - Causes seafood.
relapsing fever, transmitted by lice. 25. Yersinia pestis - Causes bubonic,
5. Clostridium botulinum - Causes septicemic, and pneumonic plague.
botulism, a rare but severe illness.
6. Clostridium difficile - Causes VIRUSES:
antibiotic-associated diarrhea. 26. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) - Can
7. Clostridium perfringens - Can cause various infections,
cause gas gangrene and food particularly in
poisoning. immunocompromised individuals.
8. Clostridium tetani - Causes 27. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) - Causes
tetanus, a potentially fatal infectious mononucleosis (mono).
condition. 28. Hepatitis A virus - Causes hepatitis
9. Corynebacterium diphtheriae - A, a viral liver infection.
Causes diphtheria, a respiratory 29. Hepatitis B virus - Causes hepatitis
disease. B.
10. Escherichia coli (E. coli) - Causes 30. Hepatitis C virus - Causes hepatitis
food poisoning and urinary tract C, a chronic liver disease.
infections. 31. Herpes simplex virus - Causes oral
11. Haemophilus influenzae - Can and genital herpes.
cause respiratory infections and 32. Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) -
meningitis. Can cause roseola infantum in
12. Helicobacter pylori - Causes peptic children.
ulcers and gastritis. 33. Human immunodeficiency virus
13. Helicobacter pylori - Linked to (HIV) - Causes acquired
peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. immunodeficiency syndrome
14. Legionella pneumophila - Causes (AIDS).
Legionnaires' disease. 34. Human metapneumovirus
15. Listeria monocytogenes - Causes (HMPV) - A common cause of
listeriosis, a foodborne illness. respiratory infections, especially in
16. Mycobacterium leprae - Causes children.
leprosy (Hansen's disease). 35. Human papillomavirus (HPV) -
17. Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Causes genital warts and can lead
Causes tuberculosis (TB). to various cancers.
18. Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Causes 36. Human T-lymphotropic virus
gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted (HTLV) - Associated with adult T-
infection. cell leukemia and HTLV-1-
19. Neisseria meningitidis - Causes associated myelopathy/tropical
bacterial meningitis and septicemia. spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).
20. Salmonella - Causes salmonellosis, 37. Influenza virus - Causes the flu.
a type of food poisoning. 38. Measles virus - Causes measles.
21. Streptococcus pyogenes - Causes 39. Norovirus - A leading cause of viral
strep throat and skin infections. gastroenteritis (stomach flu).
40. Rabies virus - Causes rabies.
41. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - 58. Tinea corporis - Causes ringworm,
Common in young children and can a skin infection.
cause respiratory infections. 59. Tinea pedis - responsible for
42. Rhinovirus - Responsible for the athlete's foot, a common fungal
common cold. infection of the skin on the feet.
43. Rotavirus - Common cause of 60. Trichophyton – Various species of
gastroenteritis in children. the Trichophyton genus can cause
44. Varicella-zoster virus - Causes ringworm, a fungal infection of the
chickenpox and shingles. skin, hair, or nails.
45. Zika virus - Associated with Zika
fever and birth defects. PROTOZOA:
FUNGI: 61. Acanthamoeba - Can lead to
46. Aspergillus - Can cause Acanthamoeba keratitis, an eye
aspergillosis, a lung infection. infection.
47. Blastomyces dermatitidis - Causes 62. Babesia microti - Babesia microti
blastomycosis, a fungal infection of causes babesiosis, a disease
the lungs and other body parts. transmitted through tick bites,
48. Candida albicans - Causes yeast leading to fever and flu-like
infections, including thrush. symptoms.
49. Candida auris - A multidrug- 63. Babesia species - Cause babesiosis,
resistant yeast associated with transmitted by ticks.
healthcare-associated infections. 64. Balantidium coli - Balantidium coli
50. Candida krusei - can cause is a protozoan parasite that can
candidiasis, similar to Candida cause balantidiasis, an intestinal
albicans. infection with symptoms similar to
51. Chromoblastomycosis - It results in amebiasis.
skin lesions and nodules, often 65. Cryptosporidium parvum - Causes
appearing as warty growths. cryptosporidiosis, a diarrheal
52. Coccidioides immitis - Responsible disease.
for coccidioidomycosis (Valley 66. Entamoeba histolytica - Causes
fever), found in arid regions. amoebiasis, an intestinal infection.
53. Cryptococcus neoformans - affects 67. Giardia lamblia - Causes
the lungs and can also spread to the giardiasis, a digestive tract
central nervous system in infection.
individuals with weakened immune 68. Leishmania species - Cause
systems. leishmaniasis, a disease affecting
54. Cryptococcus neoformans - Causes the skin, mucous membranes, and
cryptococcosis, a fungal infection internal organs.
of the lungs and brain. 69. Naegleria fowleri - Causes primary
55. Histoplasma capsulatum - Causes amoebic meningoencephalitis
histoplasmosis, a respiratory (PAM).
disease. 70. Plasmodium falciparum - Causes
56. Pneumocystis jirovecii - Causes malaria.
Pneumocystis pneumonia, 71. Plasmodium vivax - causes a form
especially in people with weakened of malaria, characterized by
immune systems. recurring fever and less severe
57. Sporothrix schenckii - Causes symptoms compared to P.
sporotrichosis, a skin and lymphatic falciparum.
infection. 72. Toxoplasma gondii - Causes
toxoplasmosis, which can be severe
in immunocompromised 89. Rickettsia prowazekii - Causes
individuals. epidemic typhus.
73. Trichomonas vaginalis - Causes 90. Rickettsia rickettsii - Causes Rocky
trichomoniasis, a sexually Mountain spotted fever.
transmitted infection. 91. Rickettsia typhi - Causes murine
74. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense - typhus.
Causes African sleeping sickness. 92. Rickettsia typhus - Causes endemic
75. Trypanosoma cruzi - Causes typhus.
Chagas disease.
MYCOPLASMA:
PARASITIC WORMS: 93. Mycoplasma genitalium -
76. Ancylostoma duodenale and Associated with urethritis and
Necator americanus - Cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
hookworm infections. 94. Mycoplasma hominis - Associated
77. Dirofilaria immitis - Causes with genitourinary infections.
heartworm disease in dogs and 95. Mycoplasma pneumoniae - Causes
sometimes humans. atypical pneumonia.
78. Enterobius vermicularis - Causes 96. Ureaplasma urealyticum - Can
pinworm infections. cause urogenital infections.
79. Onchocerca volvulus - Causes
onchocerciasis, also known as river CHLAMYDIA:
blindness. 97. Chlamydia pneumoniae - Causes
80. Schistosoma mansoni - Causes respiratory infections.
schistosomiasis, a disease affecting 98. Chlamydia psittaci - Causes
the liver and intestines. psittacosis, transmitted from birds
81. Strongyloides stercoralis - Causes to humans.
strongyloidiasis, a gastrointestinal 99. Chlamydia trachomatis - Causes
infection. chlamydia, a sexually transmitted
82. Taenia saginata - Causes taeniasis infection.
when humans ingest beef tapeworm
larvae. HELMINTHS:
83. Taenia solium - Causes 100. Fasciola hepatica - Causes
cysticercosis and fascioliasis, a liver fluke infection.
neurocysticercosis. 101. Onchocerca volvulus -
84. Wuchereria bancrofti - Causes Causes onchocerciasis, also known
lymphatic as river blindness.
102. Toxoplasma gondii -
FILARIASIS. Causes toxoplasmosis.
85. Schistosoma species - Cause 103. Trichinella spiralis -
schistosomiasis. Causes trichinosis.

PRIONS:
86. Prions - Cause rare
neurodegenerative diseases like
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

RICKETTSIA:
87. Coxiella burnetii - Causes Q fever.
88. Rickettsia conorii - Causes
Mediterranean spotted fever.

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