5 Minute Learning Series: Human Diseases

By Ashutosh Yadav|Updated : April 15th, 2021

In this 5-minute read article, you will find a list of diseases the causative agents that cause them. Such questions have been often asked in the state competitive examinations and are indispensable in covering general science syllabus.

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Human Diseases

Causative Agent	Disease
Bacteria	Diphtheria, Gonorrhoea, Meningitis, Cholera, Leprosy, Typhoid, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Plague, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia
Virus	Chicken Pox, Small Pox, Measle, Mumps, AIDS, Yellow fever, Influenza, Dengue fever, Rabies, Polio-meritis phelebotomus
Protozoans	Malaria, Sleeping sickness, Kala-azar, Leishmaniasis, Amoebic dysentery
Fungus	Athlete's foot, Ringworms, Madura foot, Dhobi's itch
Helminths	Filaria, Tapeworm and Hookworm transmission

Let's see a question on diseases now:

Q. Which of the following is a fungal disease?

Dermatitis
Cholera
Jaundice
Indigofera

Answer: A

Solution: Dermatitis is a fungal disease, a group of disease that results in inflammation of the skin. It is also known as eczema. Itchiness, red skin and rashes are the character of these diseases.
A dermatitis is a group of skin conditions that includes atopic dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, and stasis dermatitis.

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