3. Some popular communicable diseases
Diseases Causative
agents
Symptoms Transmission
Influenza A group of myxoviruses 1. Fever
2. Cold, sneezing, coughing
3. Pain in body, weakness
Via coughing and sneezing
Dengue Barbovirus 1. Fever and Rashes
2. Muscle and joints pain
3. Loss of platlets
Its a mosquito borne viral
disease
Chikungunya Alpha virus 1. Fever, headache, nausea
2. Muscle and joint pain
3. Rashes
Transmitted to humans by
infected mosquitos.