What are examples of disease producing organisms?

Bacteria

* *Escherichia coli* (E. coli)

* *Salmonella*

* *Shigella*

* *Vibrio cholerae*

* *Mycobacterium tuberculosis* (TB)

* *Streptococcus pneumoniae* (pneumonia)

* *Staphylococcus aureus* (staph infection)

* *Neisseria meningitidis* (meningitis)

* *Borrelia burgdorferi* (Lyme disease)

* *Treponema pallidum* (syphilis)

Viruses

* *Influenza virus* (flu)

* *Common cold virus*

* *Measles virus*

* *Mumps virus*

* *Rubella virus*

* *Chickenpox virus*

* *Shingles virus*

* *Hepatitis A virus*

* *Hepatitis B virus*

* *Hepatitis C virus*

* *HIV*

* *Ebola virus*

Fungi

* *Candida albicans* (yeast infection)

* *Cryptococcus neoformans* (cryptococcal meningitis)

* *Aspergillus fumigatus* (aspergillosis)

* *Histoplasma capsulatum* (histoplasmosis)

* *Coccidioides immitis* (coccidioidomycosis)

* *Blastomyces dermatitidis* (blastomycosis)

Protozoa

* *Plasmodium falciparum* (malaria)

* *Trypanosoma brucei* (African sleeping sickness)

* *Leishmania donovani* (leishmaniasis)

* *Toxoplasma gondii* (toxoplasmosis)

* *Giardia lamblia* (giardiasis)

* *Cryptosporidium parvum* (cryptosporidiosis)

Helminths

* *Ascaris lumbricoides* (roundworm)

* *Trichuris trichiura* (whipworm)

* *Ancylostoma duodenale* (hookworm)

* *Necator americanus* (hookworm)

* *Enterobius vermicularis* (pinworm)

* *Taenia solium* (pork tapeworm)

* *Taenia saginata* (beef tapeworm)

* *Echinococcus granulosus* (hydatid cyst)