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Weil's disease (/ ˈ v aɪ l z / VILES), [12] the acute, severe form of leptospirosis, causes the infected individual to become jaundiced (skin and eyes become yellow), develop kidney failure, and bleed. [6] Bleeding from the lungs associated with leptospirosis is known as severe pulmonary haemorrhage syndrome. [5]
This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them, the vaccines that can prevent or cure them when they exist and their current status. Some on the list are vaccine-preventable diseases .
[72] [93] He thought the disease could have been a spirochete after traveling to Merida, Mexico and seeing patients demonstrate symptoms of Weil's disease, but similar to yellow fever. Noguchi identified it as Leptospira icterohemorrhagiae [93] and mistakingly declaring it the causative agent of yellow fever. [93]
Nonetheless, Koch was already aware that the causative agent of cholera, Vibrio cholerae, could be found in both sick and healthy people, invalidating his first postulate. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] Since the 1950s, Koch's postulates have been treated as obsolete for epidemiology research, but they are still taught to emphasize historical approaches to ...
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The infectious diseases are caused by infectious agents or pathogens. The infectious agents that cause disease fall into five groups: viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and helminths (worms). [citation needed] The term can also refer to a toxin or toxic chemical that causes illness.
A human pathogen is a pathogen (microbe or microorganism such as a virus, bacterium, prion, or fungus) that causes disease in humans.. The human physiological defense against common pathogens (such as Pneumocystis) is mainly the responsibility of the immune system with help by some of the body's normal microbiota.
The following is a list of the causes of human deaths worldwide for different years arranged by their associated mortality rates. In 2002, there were about 57 million deaths. In 2002, there were about 57 million deaths.