Tag: some common diseases

Tetanus (lockjaw) is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Clostridium tetani. Measles is a highly contagious infection caused by the measles virus. Filariasis a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type. African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease of humans and other animals. It is caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei.

African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease of humans and other animals. It is caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei. It is usually transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly and are most common in rural areas.

African trypanosomiasis also known as sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Trypanosoma. The small, single-celled organisms called trypanosomes are transmitted through the bites of tsetse flies. Tsetse flies include all the species in the genus Glossina.

Malaria is caused by Protozoa belonging to genus plasmodium.

Entamoeba histolytica is a parasitic protozoan that is responsible for causing amoebic dysentery. The disease is transmitted by food and water which is contaminated by fecal matter of the infected person. The symptoms include stomach pain, diarrhea, etc. 

Giardia is an infection of i small intestine. causes diarrhoea.

African sleeping sickness is a disease which is caused by a parasite which is a protozoa known as Trypanosoma brucei. There are certain flies which get infected by this protozoan. When the infected fly bites the human, there is transmission of the diseases. The fly is native to Africa and hence, the disease is known as African sleeping sickness.