Disease Causative Agents

Syphilis is a highly contagious disease spread primarily by sexual activity. It infects the genital area, lips, mouth or anus of both men and women.

Infection is the invasion of a host organism's bodily tissues by disease causing organisms.

Taeniasis is a form of tapeworm infection, which is caused by tapeworms of the genus Taenia. In humans, the mode of transmission is by the ingestion of undercooked beef or pork containing the larval cysts.

Mumps is a virus that can lead to swelling and pain in the salivary glands along with fever, loss of appetite and fatigue.

Warts are small usually painless growths on the skin caused by a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). A wart is generally a small rough growth typically on a human's hands or feet but often other locations that can resemble a cauliflower or a solid blister.

Scarlet fever is a disease caused by infection with the group A Streptococcus bacteria. This bacterium will produce a toxin that leads to the hallmark red rash of the illness.

Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease (HD). It is a chronic disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

Erysipelas is a bacterial skin infection involving the upper dermis that characteristically extends into the superficial cutaneous lymphatics. It is usually caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria.

Chicken pox is a highly contagious disease caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). It usually starts with vesicular skin rash mainly on the body and head rather than at the periphery, and becomes itchy, raw pockmark which mostly heal without scarring.

Mite is a term commonly used to refer a group of insect like organisms, some of which bite or cause irritation to humans. Scabies is an easily spread skin disease caused by a very small species of mite. Symptoms of this disease are itching (especially at night), rashes (especially between the fingers) and sores (abrasions) on the skin from scratching and digging.

Coccidioidomycosis or valley fever is an infection that occurs when the spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis enter your body through the lungs.

Q fever is a disease caused by infection of Coxiella burnetii, which is a bacterium that affects humans and other animals. The infection results from inhalation of a spore like small cell variant and from contact with the milk, urine, feces, vaginal mucus or semen of infected animals.

Polio is caused by the poliovirus which attacks the nervous system, specifically motor neurons in the spinal cord, causing paralysis. It does not affect the lungs. Pneumonia, bronchitis, and asthma are all respiratory conditions that directly affect lung tissue - pneumonia involves lung inflammation, bronchitis affects bronchial tubes, and asthma causes airway constriction.

Contaminated water and food is the mode of infection of cholera.

IgE level increases in rheumatoid arthritis.