Table 4.
Different infectious diseases their causative microorganisms and modes of transmission.
| Microorganism | Mode of transmission | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person → person |
Person-environment environment → person |
Reservoir → vector vector → person | Reservoir → person | |
| Virus | Measles, Chickenpox, Mumps, Rubella, Smallpox, Influenza, Herpes, HIV (AIDS virus) | Poliomyelitis | Arboviruses: Yellow fever Dengue fever Encephalitis Tick fever Sandfly fever |
Rabies |
| Bacteria | Gonorrhea Tuberculosis Pneumonia Meningitis Strep Throat |
Typhoid Fever Cholera |
Plague | Brucellosis Tularemia Anthrax |
| Protozoa | Syphilis | Amebiasis | Malaria Trypanosomiasis |
|
| Helminths |
Schistosomiasis Filariasis Onchocerciasis |
Trichinosis | ||