-Bacteria
Disease 1: Lyme Disease
Causal Agent: Borrelia burgdorferi
Vector: Deer Tick
Organs Affected: early = skin rash, late = nervous system/brain
Symptoms: bullseye rash, etc
Disease 2: Pulmonary/Inhalation Anthrax
Causal Agent: Bacillus anthracis
Organs Affected: Lungs, lymph nodes
Symptoms: cold or flu-like symptoms for several days, followed by severe (and often fatal) respiratory collapse
Disease 3: Legionaires Disease
Causal Agent: Legionella pneumophila
Organs: lungs
Symptoms: Initial symptoms are flu-like, including fever, chills, and dry cough. Advanced stages of the disease cause problems with the gastrointestinal tract and the nervous system and lead to diarrhea and nausea.
--Viruses
Disease 1: AIDS
Causal Agent: HIV
Organs: T-cells (not an organ)
Symptoms: Low T-cell count & many opportunistic infections
Disease 2: Chicken Pox
Causal Agent: Varicella Zoster Virus
Organs: upper respiratory tract, lymph nodes, liver, spleen, epidermis
Symptoms: Red bumpy rash over entire body, enlarged spleen & liver
Disease 3: Hepatitis
Causal Agent: Hepatitis A-G virus
Organs: liver
Symptoms: More specific symptoms, which can be present in acute hepatitis from any cause, are: profound loss of appetite, aversion to smoking among smokers, yellowing of the eyes and skin (i.e., jaundice) and abdominal discomfort.
--Fungi
Disease: Athletes foot
Causal Agent:Trichophyton rubrum and T. mentagrophytes.
Organs: skin
Symptoms: Athlete's foot causes scaling, flaking and itching of the affected skin.
Disease: Ringworm
Causal Agent:Tinea corporis
Organs: skin
Symptoms:the enlarging raised red rings with a central area of healing
Disease: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Causal Agent: Aspergillus spp.
Organs: lungs
Symptoms: poorly controlled asthma, with wheezing, cough, shortness of breath and exercise intolerance.
--Protists
Disease: Malaria
Causal Agent: Plasmodium spp.
Organs: blood, liver
Symptoms: fever, shivering, arthralgia (joint pain), vomiting, anemia (caused by hemolysis), hemoglobinuria, and convulsions.
Disease: Toxoplasmosis
Causal Agent: Toxoplasma gondii
Organs: blood, brain (rarely)
Symptoms: swollen lymph nodes, or muscle aches and pains that last for a month or more.
Disease: Leishmaniasis
Causal Agent: Leishmania spp.
Organs: skin, blo0d
Symptoms:he symptoms of leishmaniasis are skin sores which erupt weeks to months after the person affected is bitten by sand flies. Other consequences, which can become manifest anywhere from a few months to years after infection, include fever, damage to the spleen and liver, and anaemia.
