- Names
- Basic Quiz
Here is a list of diseases and their scientific names:
- Tuberculosis: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Malaria: Plasmodium falciparum
- Chickenpox: Varicella-zoster virus
- Measles: Measles morbillivirus
- HIV/AIDS: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Cholera: Vibrio cholerae
- Leprosy: Mycobacterium leprae
- Typhoid fever: Salmonella typhi
- Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
- Tetanus: Clostridium tetani
- Syphilis: Treponema pallidum
- Rabies: Rabies lyssavirus
- Leishmaniasis: Leishmania donovani
- Whooping Cough (Pertussis): Bordetella pertussis
- Anthrax: Bacillus anthracis
- Diphtheria: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Gonorrhea: Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Lyme disease: Borrelia burgdorferi
- Mumps: Mumps virus
- Dengue: Dengue virus
- Influenza (Flu): Influenza virus
- Plague: Yersinia pestis
- Scarlet fever: Streptococcus pyogenes
- Hepatitis C: Hepatitis C virus (HCV)
- Zika virus disease: Zika virus
- Yellow fever: Yellow fever virus
- Polio: Poliovirus
- Meningitis: Neisseria meningitidis (bacterial), Cryptococcus neoformans (fungal)
- Ringworm: Trichophyton spp.
- Toxoplasmosis: Toxoplasma gondii
- Botulism: Clostridium botulinum
- Typhus: Rickettsia prowazekii
- Legionnaires’ disease: Legionella pneumophila
- Shigellosis: Shigella spp.
- Candidiasis: Candida albicans
- Brucellosis: Brucella spp.
- Tularemia: Francisella tularensis
- Chagas disease: Trypanosoma cruzi
- Lassa fever: Lassa virus
- Ebola: Ebolavirus
