Description | Pathogen |
If you've got a fever and tender swollen lymph nodes after being scratched or bitten by a cat, you've likely been infected with these bacteria. | |
Gram-negative bacteria that cause whooping cough; the species name comes from the Latin name of that disease. | |
Several different species in this genus cause human disease by spreading from unpasteurized dairy products, undercooked meat, or direct contact with farm animals. | |
These highly virulent bacteria - even a single organism can lead to infection - cause the disease 'Q Fever' and are harbored by sheep, cattle, and goats. | |
Classically spreads from rabbits to humans via tick bites to cause the disease known as 'rabbit fever', or tularemia. | |
These non-sexually-transmitted bacteria cause a common vaginal infection that is usually harmless, but dangerous in pregnancy. | |
Known for causing pneumonia and UTIs in hospitalized patients with weakened immune sytems, these bacteria are often resistent to many antibiotics. | |
Named after the group that suffered the first known outbreak in the US at a 1976 convention in Philadelphia, these bacteria cause an atypical pneumonia. | |
This emerging and somewhat under-recognized organism is a common cause of ear infections in children, and also likes to colonize elderly patients with chronic lung disease. | |
This versatile bug causes disease in many different mammals and birds; in humans it's a typical cause of skin and soft-tissue infection at the site of bites from domestic animals. | |
This virus, part of universal childhood vaccination in the US, causes a disease also known as 'German measles'. | |
Probably most famous as the agent of diarrheal illness caused by eating undercooked chicken, these bacteria are also responsible for typhoid fever. | |
This dysentery-causing organism, transmitted by the fecal-oral route, disproportionately affects children in the developing world but is common worldwide. | |
Parasitic roundworms that infect humans who eat undercooked pork; larvae multiply in the host's muscles, causing extreme pain, and can go on to infect multiple organ systems. | |
Best known for causing a classic childhood illness, this virus also causes shingles when reactivated in older hosts. | |
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