CAUSATIVE AGENTS
Tetanus:
CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI
Meningococcemia: NEISSERIA
MENINGITIDIS
Rabies: RHABDOVIRUS
Poliomyelitis: LEGIO DEBILITANS (Type
I Brunhilde); (Type II Lansing); (Type III Leon)
Dengue Fever: ARBOVIRUSES
(Chikunggunya); (Onyong-nyong); (West Nile); (Flaviviruses) (Common in the
Phil.)
Malaria: PLASMODIUM (protozoa) P.
Falciparum (most fatal); P. Vivax P. Malariae; P. Ovale
Filariasis: WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;
BRUGIA MALAYI
Leprosy: MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE
Measles: PARAMYXO VIRUS
German measles: TOGA VIRUS
Chicken pox: VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS
Herpes zoster: HERPES ZOSTER
VIRUS
Scarlet fever: Group A HEMOLYTIC
STREPTOCOCCUS
Scabies: SARCOPTES SCABIEI (itch
mite)
Bubonic plague: YERSINIA PESTIS
Diphtheria: KLEBS LOEFFLER
Pertussis: BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS
Tuberculosis: MYCOBACTERIUM
TUBERCULOSIS
Typhoid: SALMONELLA TYPHI
Cholera: VIBRIO CHOLERA
Amoebiasis: ENTAMOEBA HYSTOLITICA
Leptospirosis: LEPTOSPIRA Spirochete
Schistosomiasis: Schistosoma
japonicum
Gonorrhea: N. GONORRHEAE
Syphilis: TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
Chlamydia: C. trachomatis, T.
vaginalis
Genital herpes: HERPES SIMPLEX 2
