Infectious diseases

DISEASE                                        Source of disease

Acinetobacter infections	Acinetobacter baumannii
Actinomycosis	Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae and Propionibacterium propionicus
African sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)	Trypanosoma brucei
AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)	HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)
Amebiasis	Entamoeba histolytica
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
Bubonic plague	the bacterial family Enterobacteriaceae
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)
Chikungunya	Alphavirus
Chlamydia	Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection (Taiwan acute respiratory agent or TWAR)	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)	PRNP
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 (Sixth disease)	Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and Human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7)
Fasciolopsiasis	Fasciolopsis buski
Fasciolosis	Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI)	PRNP
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)	PRNP
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
Heartland virus disease	Heartland 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	PRNP
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
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)	Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
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)
Monkeypox	Monkeypox virus
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)	PRNP
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
Rabies	Rabies virus
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
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis	Measles virus
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 manum (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
Trachoma	Chlamydia trachomatis
Trinochccliasis	Toxoplasma gondii
Trichinlosis	Trichinella spiralis
Trichomoniasis	Trichomonas vaginalis
Trichuriasis (Whipworm infection)	Trichuris trichiura
Tuberculosis	usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tularemia	Francisella tularensis
Ureaplasma urealyticum infection	Ureaplasma urealyticum
Valley fever	Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii.
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)

References

1- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov. Retrieved on August 4, 2009.

2-Walsh TJ, Dixon DM (1996). Spectrum of Mycoses. In: Baron's Medical Microbiology (Baron S et al., eds.) (4th ed.). Univ of Texas Medical Branch. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1. (via NCBI Bookshelf).

3-Chin J. B., ed. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 17th ed. APHA [American Public Health Association] Press; 2000. ISBN 978-0-87553-189-2.

 

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