DISEASES CAUSED BY BACTERIA

AND VIRUS

SOME BACTERIA AND VIRUSES ARE HARMFUL

TO MAN AND THEY CAUSE VARIOUS
DISEASES.
DISEASES CAUSED BY
BACTERIA
1.PNEUMONIA
CAUSATIVE ORGANISM:DIPLOCOCUS
PNEUMONIAE.
SYMPTOMS:INFLAMMATION OF ONE OR BOTH
LUNGS.
MODE OF TRANSMISSION:CONTACT WITH
INFECTED PERSON AND THROUGH AIR.
PREVENTION AND CURE:USING ANTIBIOTICS
SUCH AS PENICILLIN.
2.TETANUS
 CAUSATIVE ORGANISM:CLOSTRIDIUM
TETANI

 SYMPTOM:MUSCULAR
SPARM,RIGIDITY OF
MUSCLEAND DIFFICULT TO OPEN
MOUTH.AT LAST
DEATH MAY OCCURE DUE TO THE
CONSTANT
DAMAGE TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM.

 MODE OF TRASMISSION:BACTERIA
ENTERS INTO THE BODY
THROUGH DEEP WOUNDS.

 PREVENTION AND CURE:BY PREVIOUS

VACCINATION OR BY
INJECTING ANTI TOXIN AFTER GETTING
WOUNDED.
3.LEPROSY
 CAUSATIVE
ORGANISM:MICRO
BACTERIUM LEPRAE
 SYMPTOMS:PRODUCES
TRIVIAL ALTERNATIONS IN
THE TISSUE OR GROSS
DEFORMITIES
 MODE OF
TRANSMISSION:THROUGH
CONTINUOUS CONTACT
WITH THE PATIENT
 PREVENTION AND
CURE:VACCINE
4.WHOOPING COUGH
CAUSATIVE
ORGANISM:HAEMOPHILIS
PETRUSSIS.
SYMPTOMS:OCCURS
MOSTLY IN
CHILDREN.SPASMS OF
COUGHING WITH DEEP
NOISY INSPIRATION.
MODE OF
TRANSMISSION:SPREAD
BY SPUTUM OF INFECTED
PERSON.
PREVENTION AND
CURE:TAKE DTP VACCINE
DISEASES CAUSED BY VIRUS
 1.POLIO MYELITIS
 CAUSATIVE ORGANISM:POLIO
VIRUS.
 SYMPTOMS:FEVER,MUSCULAR
PAIN,PARALYSIS OF LEG
AFFECTS CHILDREN.
 MODE OF
TRANSMISSION:THROUGH
FOOD AND SECRETION OF
NOSE AND EXCRETA OF
INFECTED PERSONS.
 PREVENTION AND CURE:ORAL
VACCINE SHOULD GIVEN TO
CHILDREN IN TIME.
2.AIDS

 CAUSATIVE ORGANISM:HUMAN
IMMUNO DEFICIENCY VIRUS
 SYMPTOM:AIDS VIRUS DESTROYS
IMMUNITY SYSTEM,ULTIMATE
LOSS OF BODY WEIGHT,MILD
FEVER AND SWELLING IN
DIFFERENT GLANDS.
 MODE OF TRANSMISSION:SEXUAL
CONTACT WITH THE INFECTED
PERSON,TRANSFUSION OF
INFECTED BLOOD AND TO THE
NEW BORN CHILD FROM THE
INFECTED MOTHER
 PREVENTION AND
CURE:THROUGH SAFER SEX,USE
OF DISPOSIBLE SYRINGE,AND
SCREENING THE BLOOD USED
FOR TRANSFUSION.
3.INFLUENZA
 CAUSATIVE
ORGANISM:INFLUENZA
VIRUS
 SYMPTOMS:COLD,HEADACH
E,SNEEZING,PAIN IN
HANDS,FEET AND WAIST.
 MODE OF
TRANSMISSION:THROUGH
CONTINUOUS CONTACT
WITH INFECTED PERSON.
 PREVENTION AND
CURE:ANTIBIOTICS LIKE
PENICILLIN,STREPTOPENICI
LLIN AND GAMMA
GLOBULIN.
4.DENGUE FEVER
 CAUSATIVE
ORGANISM:DENGUE VIRUS
 SYMPTOMS:SUDDEN
FEVER,HEADACHE,LOSS OF
APPETITE,PAIN BEHIND
EYEBALL AND NAUSEA.
 MODE OF
TRANSMISSION:THROUGH A
TYPE OF MOSQUITO
NAMELY AEDES AEGYPTI.
 PREVENTION AND
CURE:TREATMENT SHOULD
START AT INITIAL STAGE
AND CONTROL OF
MOSQUITO IS ESSENTIAL.