Question

Give 3 examples each of different categories of disease based on their causative agent

Answer 1

diseases caused by viruses:
1- influenza (caused by influenza virus- myxovirus influenza)
2-jaundice/hepatitis(caused by viral infection )
3-rabies/hydrophobia(caused by rabies virus or lysaa virus)

diseases caused by bacteria ;
1-tuberculosis/T.B(caused by bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis)
2-cholera(caused by bacterium vibrio cholerae)
3-typhoid-(caused by salmonella typhi)


diseases caused by protozoa ;
1-malaria(caused by prorozoan parasite plasmodium)
2-kala azar
3-sleeping sickness


disease caused by fungi
1-athlete's foot
2-ringworm
3-manyb other skin infections

disease caused by worm
1-intestinal worm infection
2-elephantiasis
3-fascioliasis(caused by fasciola hepatica )