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Infectious Disease Causative Agent
Acinetobacter infections Acinetobacter baumannii
Actinomycosis Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae and Propionibacterium propionicus
African sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) Trypanosoma brucei
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)]] HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)
Amebiasis Entamoeba histolytica Amoebic dysentery
Anaplasmosis Anaplasma genus
Anthrax Bacillus anthracis
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection Arcanobacterium haemolyticum
Argentine hemorrhagic fever Junin virus
Ascariasis Ascaris lumbricoides
Aspergillosis Aspergillus genus
Astrovirus infection Astroviridae family
Babesiosis Babesia genus
Bacillus cereus infection Bacillus cereus
Bacterial pneumonia multiple bacteria
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) multiple bacteria
Bacteroides infection Bacteroides genus
Balantidiasis Balantidium coli
Baylisascaris infection Baylisascaris genus
BK virus infection BK virus
Black piedra Piedraia hortae
Blastocystis hominis infection Blastocystis hominis
Blastomycosis Blastomyces dermatitidis
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever Machupo virus
Borrelia infection Borrelia genus
Botulism (and Infant botulism) Clostridium botulinum; Note: Botulism is not an infection by Clostridium botulinum but caused by the intake of botulinum toxin.
Brazilian hemorrhagic fever Sabia
Brucellosis Brucella genus
Burkholderia infection usually Burkholderia cepacia and other Burkholderia species
Buruli ulcer Mycobacterium ulcerans
Calicivirus infection (Norovirus and Sapovirus) Caliciviridae family
Campylobacteriosis Campylobacter genus
Candidiasis (Moniliasis; Thrush) usually Candida albicans and other Candida species
Cat-scratch disease Bartonella henselae
Cellulitis usually Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) Trypanosoma cruzi
Chancroid Haemophilus ducreyi
Chickenpox Varicella zoster virus (VZV)
Chlamydia Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Cholera Vibrio cholerae
Chromoblastomycosis usually Fonsecaea pedrosoi
Clonorchiasis Clonorchis sinensis
Clostridium difficile infection Clostridium difficile
Coccidioidomycosis Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii
Colorado tick fever (CTF) Colorado tick fever virus (CTFV)
Common cold (Acute viral rhinopharyngitis; Acute coryza) usually rhinoviruses and coronaviruses.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) CJD prion
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
Cryptococcosis Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptosporidiosis Cryptosporidium genus
Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) usually Ancylostoma braziliense; multiple other parasites
Cyclosporiasis Cyclospora cayetanensis
Cysticercosis Taenia solium
Cytomegalovirus infection Cytomegalovirus
Dengue fever Dengue viruses (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4) – Flaviviruses
Dientamoebiasis Dientamoeba fragilis
Diphtheria Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Diphyllobothriasis Diphyllobothrium
Dracunculiasis Dracunculus medinensis
Ebola hemorrhagic fever Ebolavirus (EBOV)
Echinococcosis Echinococcus genus
Ehrlichiosis Ehrlichia genus
Enterobiasis (Pinworm infection) Enterobius vermicularis
Enterococcus infection Enterococcus genus
Enterovirus infection Enterovirus genus
Epidemic typhus Rickettsia prowazekii
Erythema infectiosum (Fifth disease) Parvovirus B19
Exanthem subitum Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7)
Fasciolopsiasis Fasciolopsis buski
Fasciolosis Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) FFI prion
Filariasis Filarioidea superfamily
Food poisoning by Clostridium perfringens Clostridium perfringens
Free-living amebic infection multiple
Fusobacterium infection Fusobacterium genus
Gas gangrene (Clostridial myonecrosis) usually Clostridium perfringens; other Clostridium species
Geotrichosis Geotrichum candidum
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS) GSS prion
Giardiasis Giardia intestinalis
Glanders Burkholderia mallei
Gnathostomiasis Gnathostoma spinigerum and Gnathostoma hispidum
Gonorrhea Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis) Klebsiella granulomatis
Group A streptococcal infection Streptococcus pyogenes
Group B streptococcal infection Streptococcus agalactiae
Haemophilus influenzae infection Haemophilus influenzae
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) Enteroviruses, mainly Coxsackie A virus and Enterovirus 71 (EV71)
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Sin Nombre virus
Helicobacter pylori infection Helicobacter pylori
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) Escherichia coli O157:H7, O111 and O104:H4
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) Bunyaviridae family
Hepatitis A Hepatitis A Virus
Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Virus
Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Virus
Hepatitis D Hepatitis D Virus
Hepatitis E Hepatitis E Virus
Herpes simplex Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2)
Histoplasmosis Histoplasma capsulatum
Hookworm infection Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
Human bocavirus infection Human bocavirus (HBoV)
Human ewingii ehrlichiosis Ehrlichia ewingii
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Human metapneumovirus infection Human metapneumovirus (hMPV)
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Human parainfluenza virus infection Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIV)
Hymenolepiasis Hymenolepis nana and Hymenolepis diminuta
Epstein-Barr Virus Infectious Mononucleosis (Mono) Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
Influenza (flu) Orthomyxoviridae family
Isosporiasis Isospora belli
Kawasaki disease unknown; evidence supports that it is infectious
Keratitis multiple
Kingella kingae infection Kingella kingae
Kuru Kuru prion
Lassa fever Lassa virus
Legionellosis (Legionnaires' disease) Legionella pneumophila
Legionellosis (Pontiac fever) Legionella pneumophila
Leishmaniasis Leishmania genus
Leprosy Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis
Leptospirosis Leptospira genus
Listeriosis Listeria monocytogenes
Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) usually Borrelia burgdorferi and other Borrelia species
Lymphatic filariasis (Elephantiasis) Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)
Malaria Plasmodium genus
Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF) Marburg virus
Measles Measles virus
Melioidosis (Whitmore's disease) Burkholderia pseudomallei
Meningitis multiple
Meningococcal disease Neisseria meningitidis
Metagonimiasis usually Metagonimus yokagawai
Microsporidiosis Microsporidia phylum
Molluscum contagiosum (MC) Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV)
Mumps Mumps virus
Murine typhus (Endemic typhus) Rickettsia typhi
Mycoplasma pneumonia Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycetoma numerous species of bacteria (Actinomycetoma) and fungi (Eumycetoma)
Myiasis parasitic dipterous fly larvae
Neonatal conjunctivitis (Ophthalmia neonatorum) most commonly Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(New) Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD, nvCJD) vCJD prion
Nocardiosis usually Nocardia asteroides and other Nocardia species
Onchocerciasis (River blindness) Onchocerca volvulus
Paracoccidioidomycosis (South American blastomycosis) Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Paragonimiasis usually Paragonimus westermani and other Paragonimus species
Pasteurellosis Pasteurella genus
Pediculosis capitis (Head lice) Pediculus humanus capitis
Pediculosis corporis (Body lice) Pediculus humanus corporis
Pediculosis pubis (Pubic lice, Crab lice) Phthirus pubis
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) multiple
Pertussis (Whooping cough) Bordetella pertussis
Plague Yersinia pestis
Pneumococcal infection Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) Pneumocystis jirovecii
Pneumonia multiple
Poliomyelitis Poliovirus
Prevotella infection Prevotella genus
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) usually Naegleria fowleri
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy JC virus
Psittacosis Chlamydophila psittaci
Q fever Coxiella burnetii
Rabies Rabies virus
Rat-bite fever Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus
Respiratory syncytial virus infection Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Rhinosporidiosis Rhinosporidium seeberi
Rhinovirus infection Rhinovirus
Rickettsial infection Rickettsia genus
Rickettsialpox Rickettsia akari
Rift Valley fever (RVF) Rift Valley fever virus
Rocky mountain spotted fever (RMSF) Rickettsia rickettsii
Rotavirus infection Rotavirus
Rubella Rubella virus
Salmonellosis Salmonella genus
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) SARS coronavirus
Scabies Sarcoptes scabiei
Schistosomiasis Schistosoma genus
Sepsis multiple
Shigellosis (Bacillary dysentery) Shigella genus
Shingles (Herpes zoster) Varicella zoster virus (VZV)
Smallpox (Variola) Variola major or Variola minor
Sporotrichosis Sporothrix schenckii
Staphylococcal food poisoning Staphylococcus genus
Staphylococcal infection Staphylococcus genus
Strongyloidiasis Strongyloides stercoralis
Syphilis Treponema pallidum
Taeniasis Taenia genus
Tetanus (Lockjaw) Clostridium tetani
Tinea barbae (Barber's itch) usually Trichophyton genus
Tinea capitis (Ringworm of the Scalp) usually Trichophyton tonsurans
Tinea corporis (Ringworm of the Body) usually Trichophyton genus
Tinea cruris (Jock itch) usually Epidermophyton floccosum, Trichophyton rubrum, and Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Tinea manuum (Ringworm of the Hand) Trichophyton rubrum
Tinea nigra usually Hortaea werneckii
Tinea pedis (Athlete’s foot) usually Trichophyton genus
Tinea unguium (Onychomycosis) usually Trichophyton genus
Tinea versicolor (Pityriasis versicolor) Malassezia genus
Toxocariasis (Ocular Larva Migrans (OLM)) Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati
Toxocariasis (Visceral Larva Migrans (VLM)) Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati
Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasma gondii
Trichinellosis Trichinella spiralis
Trichomoniasis Trichomonas vaginalis
Trichuriasis (Whipworm infection) Trichuris trichiura
Tuberculosis usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tularemia Francisella tularensis
Ureaplasma urealyticum infection Ureaplasma urealyticum
Venezuelan equine encephalitis Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever Guanarito virus
Viral pneumonia multiple viruses
West Nile Fever West Nile virus
White piedra (Tinea blanca) Trichosporon beigelii
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Yersiniosis Yersinia enterocolitica
Yellow fever Yellow fever virus
Zygomycosis Mucorales order (Mucormycosis) and Entomophthorales order (Entomophthoramycosis)

[edit] See also

Lists of diseasesList of human diseases associated with infectious pathogens

[edit] References

Chin J. B., ed. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 17th ed. APHA [American Public Health Association] Press; 2000. ISBN 978-0-87553-189-2Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 2009. American Academy of Pediatrics. 28th ed. ISBN 978-1-58110-306-9Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov. Retrieved on August 4, 2009.

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