Different diseases caused by bacteria protozoa virus and fungi.

Question

i need 3 from each and 1. causal agent or vector 2. organ affected 3.symptoms.

Answer 1

--Bacteria

Disease 1: Lyme Disease

Causal Agent: Borrelia burgdorferi

Vector: Deer Tick

Organs Affected: early = skin rash, late = nervous system/brain

Symptoms: bullseye rash, etc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_diseas...

Disease 2: Pulmonary/Inhalation Anthrax

Causal Agent: Bacillus anthracis

Organs Affected: Lungs, lymph nodes

Symptoms: cold or flu-like symptoms for several days, followed by severe (and often fatal) respiratory collapse

Disease 3: Legionaires Disease

Causal Agent: Legionella pneumophila

Organs: lungs

Symptoms: Initial symptoms are flu-like, including fever, chills, and dry cough. Advanced stages of the disease cause problems with the gastrointestinal tract and the nervous system and lead to diarrhea and nausea.

--Viruses

Disease 1: AIDS

Causal Agent: HIV

Organs: T-cells (not an organ)

Symptoms: Low T-cell count & many opportunistic infections http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS#Sympto...

Disease 2: Chicken Pox

Causal Agent: Varicella Zoster Virus

Organs: upper respiratory tract, lymph nodes, liver, spleen, epidermis

Symptoms: Red bumpy rash over entire body, enlarged spleen & liver

Disease 3: Hepatitis

Causal Agent: Hepatitis A-G virus

Organs: liver

Symptoms: More specific symptoms, which can be present in acute hepatitis from any cause, are: profound loss of appetite, aversion to smoking among smokers, dark urine, yellowing of the eyes and skin (i.e., jaundice) and abdominal discomfort.

--Fungi

Disease: Athletes foot

Causal Agent:Trichophyton rubrum and T. mentagrophytes.

Organs: skin

Symptoms: Athlete's foot causes scaling, flaking and itching of the affected skin.

Disease: Ringworm

Causal Agent:Tinea corporis

Organs: skin

Symptoms:the enlarging raised red rings with a central area of healing

Disease: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

Causal Agent: Aspergillus spp.

Organs: lungs

Symptoms: poorly controlled asthma, with wheezing, cough, shortness of breath and exercise intolerance.

--Protists

Disease: Malaria

Causal Agent: Plasmodium spp.

Organs: blood, liver

Symptoms: fever, shivering, arthralgia (joint pain), vomiting, anemia (caused by hemolysis), hemoglobinuria, and convulsions.

Disease: Toxoplasmosis

Causal Agent: Toxoplasma gondii

Organs: blood, brain (rarely)

Symptoms: swollen lymph nodes, or muscle aches and pains that last for a month or more.

Disease: Leishmaniasis

Causal Agent: Leishmania spp.

Organs: skin, blo0d

Symptoms:he symptoms of leishmaniasis are skin sores which erupt weeks to months after the person affected is bitten by sand flies. Other consequences, which can become manifest anywhere from a few months to years after infection, include fever, damage to the spleen and liver, and anaemia.