Human Diseases caused by Virus, Bacteria, Protozoa & Worm
List of Human Diseases caused by Bacteria, Virus, Fungi, and Protozoa. Bacteria aid in food digestion, nutrient absorption, vitamin production, and protect against other harmful microbes. Disease: Anthrax. Pathogen: Bacillus anthracis. Transmission: By contact with farm animal hair, hides or excrement.
Today we will be covering a very important topic from the Biology part of the General Knowledge section that is – List of Diseases caused by Virus, Bacteria, Protozoa and Worm. Around 2 questions from this topic are asked about this topic in every government exam. Thus, the post is very helpful for the upcoming SSC Exam and other competitive Exam.
List of Human Diseases caused by Protozoa:
| Disease | Affected organ | Parasites | Carrier | Symptoms |
| Malaria | RBC and Liver | Plasmodium | Female Anophelies | Fever with shivering |
| Pyorrhoea | Gums | Entamoeba gingivelis | – | Bleeding from gums |
| Sleeping sickness | Brain | Trypanosoma | Tse-Tse flies | Fever with severe sleep |
| Diarrhoea | Intestine | Entamoeba Histolytica | House flies | Mucous and Diarrohea with blood |
| Kala-ajar | Bone marrow | Leismania donovani | Sand flies | High fever |
| Filaria | – | Wuchereia | Culex | Swelling in legs, testes and |
| baoncrofti | moszuitoes | other parts of body |
List of Human Diseases caused by Bacteria:
| Disease | Affected organ | Name of Bacteria | Symptoms |
| Tetanus | Nervous system | Clostridium tetani | High fever, spasm in body, Closing of jaws etc |
| Cholera | Intestine | Vibrio cholerae | Continuous stool and vomiting |
| Typhoid | Intestine | Salmonella typhosa | High fever, headache |
| Tuberculosis | Lungs | Mycobacterium tuberculosis. | Repeated coughing |
| Diphtheria | Respiratory tube | Corynebacterium diphtheriae | Difficulty in respiration and suffocation |
| Plague | Lungs, area between the two legs | Pasteurella pesties | Very high fever, muscular |
| Whooping cough | Respiratory system | Hemophilis pertusis | Continuous coughing |
| Pneumonia | Lungs | Diplococcus pneumoniae | High fever, swelling in lungs |
| Leprosy Skin leprae | Nervous System affected | Nervous System | Spots on body, nerves |
| Gonorrhea | Urinary Path | Neisseria gonorrhoeae | Swelling in urinary path. |
| Syphilis | Urinary path | Treponema pallidum | Wounds in urinogenial tract |
