Communicable diseases and causative agents- a detailed chart

A communicable disease is one that is spread from one person to another through a variety of ways that include contact with blood and bodily fluids; breathing in an airborne virus or by being bitten by an insect................................................................this chart provides a clear idea regarding almost all communicable disease and their causative agents

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1. List of Communicable Diseases and their causative agent PREPAED BY MARTIN SHAJI PHARM D

2. List of Communicable Diseases and their causative agent Malaria – Plasmodium vivax, falciparum, malaria, or ovale Lymphatic filariasis – Wucheria bancrofti Rabies – Lyssaviurs type 1 or Rhabdovirus Yellow fever – Flavivirus fibricus Japanese Encephalitis – Group B arbovirus or flavivirus KFD – Arbovirus or Flavivirus Chikungunya fever – Chikungunya viurs or arbovirus A Leptospirosis – Leptospira interrogans Bubonic plague – Yersinia pestis Pneumonic plague – Yersinia pestis Septicemic plague – Yersinia pestis Scrub typhus – Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

3. Small Pox – Variola virus Chicken Pox – Human alpha herpes virus Measles or Rubeola – RNA paramyxovirus Rubella or German Measles – RNA Togavirus Mumps – RNA Myxovirus Influenza – Orthomyxovirus Diphtheria – Corynebacterium diphtheriae Pertussis or Whooping cough – Bordetella pertussis Meningococcal Meningitis – Neisseria meningitis SARS – Coronavirus COVID 19-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or (SARS-CoV-2) Tuberculosis – Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

4. Poliomyelitis – Poliovirus Hepatitis A – Enterovirus 72 or picornavirus Hepatitis B – Hepadna virus Hepatitis C – Hepacivirus Hepatitis D – Deltavirus Hepatitis E – Calicivirus Typhoid fever – Salmonella typhi Cholera – Vibrio cholerae Staphylococcal food poisoning – Staphylococcus aureus Ascariasis – Ascaris Lumbricoides Ancylostomiasis or Hookworm infestation – A.Duodenale Guinea worm infestation or Dracunculiasis – Dracunculus medinensis Dengue fever – Arbovirus

5. Q fever – Coxiella burnetti Taeniasis or Tapeworm infestation – T.Solium , T. Saginata Leishmaniasis or Kala-azar – L. Donovani Trachoma – Chlamydia trachomatis Tetanus – Clostridium tetani Yaws – Treponema petenue HIV/AIDS – HIV/HTLV -III/LAV Swine flu – H1N1 type A influenza Crimean Congo fever – Nairovirus NIPHAH fever – Hendra/ Henapi virus Ebola virus – Ebola virus Anthrax – Bacillus anthracis Brucellosis – Bacillus meliten