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Book's First PageMumps (Epidemic mumps virus Salivary Glands, Blood low-grade fever, malaise, Parotitis) headache, muscle aches Polio or Polio virus Intestine, Brain, Fever, backbone and poliomyelitis Spinal Cord, throat, intestine wall cells are backbone and nerve destroyed. It leads to paralysis. Rabies rabies virus Brain, Spinal cord Encephalitis fear of water, (hydrophobia) high fever, headache, spasm of throat and chest leading to death. Small Pox (Variola) Variola virus Whole body Light fever, eruption of blood on body Swine influenza H1N1 flu virus Whole body (muscles) Headache, tiredness, sore (flu) throat, Vomiting, breathing problems. Viral Fevers Viral fever virus Blood runny nose, sore throat, cough, hoarseness, and muscle aches Yellow Fever Flavi-virus Liver, Blood fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pain, headache Major Diseases Caused by Protozoan Disease Pathogen Affected Organs Symptoms African Trypanosoma gambienes Blood and riervous feels sleepy, may cause Trypanosomiasis Vector - Tse-tse fly tissue. death Amoebic dysentery Entamoeba histolytica Colon (intestine) loose motion with blood, (Amoebiasis) pain in abdomen Diarrhoea Giardia Digestive system loose motions, vomiting Filaria or elephantiasis Wuchereria bancrofti arms and legs Swelling of legs and arms Vector - Culex mosquito Kala azar or Leishmania Donovani Spleen and liver high fever and liver dumdum fever Vector - Sand flies enlargment Malaria Plasmodium parasites blood, spleen, liver, Periodical attacks of high Vector - Female eyes, central nervous fever, pain in joints Anopheles mosquito system, lungs, kidneys accompanied by chill, heavy perspiration and fast pulse Pyorrhea Entamoeba gingivalis Gums of mouth, teeth tenderness, redness and swelling of gums Major Diseases Caused by Fungi Disease Name Pathogen Organs Affected Symptoms Aspergillis Aspergillus fumigatus Lung, Air Tract Obstruction in the functioning of lungs. Athlete’s foot Tinea pedis Skin Cracking of feet Baldness Tinea capitis Hair Hair fall Beriberi deficiency of thiamin Heart and nerve weight loss, pain in the limbs, (vitamin B1) irregular heart rate Fungal Meningitis Cryptococcus Brain Ringworm Tricophyton Verrucosum Skin Round red spot on skin, itching Scabies Acarus scabiei Skin itching and white spot 448