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Diseases
Ringworm
Is a common fungal infection of the skin and is not due to a worm.The medical term for ringworm is tinea. The
condition is further named for the site of the body where the infection occurs.Ringworm causes a scaly,
crusted rash that may appear as round, red patches on the skin.Other symptoms and signs of ringworm include
patches of hair loss or scaling on thescalp, itching, and blister-like lesions.

Pathogen: Fungi
Effects: Itchiness, reddish on skin
Spread: The disease is spread through contacts and share of personal belongings

Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles

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Is an infection caused by the rubella virus. This disease is often mild with half of people not realizing that they are
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sick.
A rash may start around two weeks after exposure and last for three days. It usually starts on the face and
spreads to the rest of the body
Rubella infections are prevented by active immunisation programs using live, disabled virus vaccines.
Pathogen: Bacteria
Effects: Cataracts, testicular swelling, miscarriage
Spread: The disease is spread through cough

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Dengue Fever
Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus.
Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles.
In a small proportion of cases, the disease develops into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting
in bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage, or into dengue shock syndrome,
where dangerously low blood pressure occurs.

Pathogen: Virus
Effects: skin rash, bleeding, blood plasma leakage, low blood pressure
Spread: Aedes Mosquito

Dysentery
Is an inflammation of the intestine causing diarrhea with blood.Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal
pain,and rectal tenesmus (a feeling of incomplete defecation)
Pathogen: Virus, bacteria, protozoa
Effects: diarrhea with blod, fever, stomach pain, fever
Spread: Eating contaminated food

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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that is spread through the air from one person to another. There are two kinds of
tests that are used to determine if a person has been infected with TB bacteria: the tuberculin skin test and TB
blood tests.
Pathogen: Bacteria
Effects: Chronic lung disease
Spread: Share of body fluid
Vaccination BCG

AIDS
Following initial infection, a person may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. This is typically followed
by a prolonged period without symptoms. As the infection progresses, it interferes more and more with
the immune system, making the person much more susceptible to common infections, like tuberculosis, as well
as opportunistic infections and tumors that do not usually affect people who have working immune systems. The
late symptoms of the infection are referred to as AIDS. This stage is often complicated by an infection of the lung
known as pneumocystis pneumonia, severe weight loss, skin lesions caused byKaposi's sarcoma, or other AIDSdefining conditions.
Pathogen: Virus
Effects: Weaken Immune System
Spread: Share of body fluid , sexual conduct

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Malaria
People with malaria often experience fever, chills, and flu-like illness. Left untreated, they may develop severe
complications and die. In 2013 an estimated 198 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide and 500,000 people
died, mostly children in the African Region.
Pathogen: Protozoa
Effects: fever, seizure, vomiting, death
Spread: Share of body fluid , sexual conduct
Prevention: Fogging

Common Cold
he common cold is a viral infection of your upper respiratory tract your nose and throat. A common cold is
usually harmless, although it may not feel that way at the time. If it's not a runny nose, sore throat and cough, it's
the watery eyes, sneezing and congestion or maybe all of the above. In fact, because any one of more than 100
viruses can cause a common cold, signs and symptoms tend to vary greatly.

Pathogen: Protozoa
Effects: cough, fever, red watery eyes
Spread: Share of body fluid , sexual conduct
Prevention: Fogging

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