Biology-Important Diseases
DISEASES | CAUSED BY | MODES | EFFECTS |
Diphtheria | pathogenic (disease causing) bacterium Coryne bacterium diphtheriae (C. diphtheriae). | Contact | Throat, respiratory System |
Pneumonia |
Diploccocus | Contact | Pain in chest, Jaundice |
TB | Mycobacterium | Contact | Lungs(fever in evening and loss of wt.) |
Plague/Bubonic Plague | Short rod (Yesinia) | Rats | Lymph |
Tetanus(lockjaw) | Clostridium | Through Wounds | Muscles |
Typhoid (Enteric Fever) | Salmonella | Files and Food | low fever, headache; , nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain; or mild skin rash. |
Cholera | Vibrio | Flies AND Foods | Muscular Cramps, Stoppage of urine(Kidney) |
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