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Infectious Organisms
| Organism | Disease | Type of Organism |
|---|---|---|
| adenovirus | URI | virus |
| hepatitis viruses A, B, C, D, E, and G | hepatitis | virus |
| herpes simplex | oral and genital herpes | virus |
| HIV | AIDS | virus |
| influenza virus | influenza | virus |
| poliovirus | polio | virus |
| varicella-zoster virus | chickenpox and shingles | virus |
| bordetella pertussis | pertussis AKA whooping cough | bacteria |
| corynebacterium diptheria | diphtheria | bacteria |
| escherichia coli | food poisoning; some are normal resident flora in colon | bacteria |
| haemophilus influenza | meningitis, pink eye, URI, pneumonia | bacteria |
| mycobacterium tuberculosis | TB | bacteria |
| neisseria gonorrhoeae | gonorrhea | bacteria |
| neisseria meningitides | meningococcal mengingitis, pneumonia | bacteria |
| salmonella | food poisoning | bacteria |
| staphylococcus aureus | skin and wound infections, food poisoning | bacteria |
| streptococcus | strep throat, rheumatic fever, others | bacteria |
| treponema pallidum | syphilis | bacteria |
| candida albicans | candidiasis | fungi |
| cryptococcus neoformans | cryptococcosis | fungi |
| entamoeba histolytica | amebiasis and dysentery | protist |
| giardia lamblia | giardiasis | protist |
| plasmodium | malaria | protist |
| trichomonas vaginalis | trichomoniasis | protist |