List of nine important viral diseases seen in humans: 1. Chickenpox 2. Smallpox 3. Poliomyelitis 4. Measles 5. Mumps 6. Rabies 7. Trachoma 8. Influenza 9. Hepatitis. Viral Disease # 1. Chickenpox (Varicella): Pathogen - Herpes-zoster virus (DNA- virus) Epidemiology - Contagious & Formite borne Incubation Period - 12-20 days Symptoms - Dark red coloured rash or pox changing into [...]
List of ten important bacterial diseases: 1. Pulmonary Tuberculosis 2. Diphtheria 3. Cholera 4. Leprosy 5. Pertussis 6. Tetanus 7. Plague 8. Gonorrhoea 9. Syphilis 10. Salmonellosis. Bacterial Disease # 1. Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Pathogen - Mycobacterium tuberculae Epidemiology - Airborne & Droplet infection Incubation Period - 2-10 weeks Symptoms - Coughing; chest pain and bloody sputum with tuberculin. Prophylaxis - [...]
The below mentioned article provides a study note on Clostridium Botulinum which causes botulism due to the ingestion of its "preformed" toxin. This form of food poisoning is characterised by oculomotor paralysis, pharyngeal paralysis, aphonia. Eight antigenic types of toxin (A-H) are known. Of these, types A, B and E are mostly responsible for the illness. Morphology and Staining of [...]