Biology - Bacterial Diseases

Quiz

The following table illustrates the diseases caused by bacteria −

Disease Name	Bacteria Name	Affected organs
Cholera	Vibrio cholerae	Small intestine
Anthrax	Bacillus Anthrasis	Skin, lung, and bowel disease
Diphtheria	Corynebacterium diphtheriae	Mucous membranes of your nose and throat
Leprosy	Mycobacterium leprae	Skin
Botulism	Clostridium botulinum
Syphilis	Treponema pallidum	Genital part, lips, mouth, or anus
Tetanus	Clostridium tetani	Muscle (affected), nervous system
Trachoma	Chlamydia trachomatis	Eye
Tuberculosis	Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Lungs
Typhoid fever	Salmonella typhi	Almost of whole part of the body
Whooping cough	Bordetella	pertussis

Some Other Diseases

Disease Name	Caused by	Affected organs
Athletes foot	Epidermophyton floccosum (fungi)	Skin on the feet
Malaria	Plasmodium vivax (Protozoa)
Amoebic dysentery	Entamoeba histolytica	Intestine
Filariasis	Roundworms	Lymph vessels
Hookworm disease	Ancylostoma duodenale	Intestine and lungs
Roundworm disease	Ascaris lumbricoides	Intestine
Blood fluke disease	Schistossoma mansoni	Skin, lymph, liver, and spleen

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