A communicable disease is one that is spread from one person to another through a variety of ways that include contact with blood and bodily fluids; breathing in an airborne virus or by being bitten by an insect................................................................this chart provides a clear idea regarding almost all communicable disease and their causative agents thank you ............... martinsuja369@gmail.com

1. List of Communicable Diseases
and their causative agent
PREPAED BY
MARTIN SHAJI
PHARM D

2. List of Communicable Diseases and their causative agent
1. Malaria – Plasmodium vivax, falciparum, malaria, or ovale
2. Lymphatic filariasis – Wucheria bancrofti
3. Rabies – Lyssaviurs type 1 or Rhabdovirus
4. Yellow fever – Flavivirus fibricus
5. Japanese Encephalitis – Group B arbovirus or flavivirus
6. KFD – Arbovirus or Flavivirus
7. Chikungunya fever – Chikungunya viurs or arbovirus A
8. Leptospirosis – Leptospira interrogans
9. Bubonic plague – Yersinia pestis
10. Pneumonic plague – Yersinia pestis
11. Septicemic plague – Yersinia pestis
12. Scrub typhus – Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

3. 13. Small Pox – Variola virus
14. Chicken Pox – Human alpha herpes virus
15. Measles or Rubeola – RNA paramyxovirus
16. Rubella or German Measles – RNA Togavirus
17. Mumps – RNA Myxovirus
18. Influenza – Orthomyxovirus
19. Diphtheria – Corynebacterium diphtheriae
20. Pertussis or Whooping cough – Bordetella pertussis
21. Meningococcal Meningitis – Neisseria meningitis
22. SARS – Coronavirus
23. COVID 19-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or (SARS-CoV-2)
24. Tuberculosis – Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

4. 25. Poliomyelitis – Poliovirus
26. Hepatitis A – Enterovirus 72 or picornavirus
27. Hepatitis B – Hepadna virus
28. Hepatitis C – Hepacivirus
29. Hepatitis D – Deltavirus
30. Hepatitis E – Calicivirus
31. Typhoid fever – Salmonella typhi
32. Cholera – Vibrio cholerae
33. Staphylococcal food poisoning – Staphylococcus aureus
34. Ascariasis – Ascaris Lumbricoides
35. Ancylostomiasis or Hookworm infestation – A.Duodenale
36. Guinea worm infestation or Dracunculiasis – Dracunculus medinensis
37. Dengue fever – Arbovirus

5. 38. Q fever – Coxiella burnetti
39. Taeniasis or Tapeworm infestation – T.Solium, T. Saginata
40. Leishmaniasis or Kala-azar – L. Donovani
41. Trachoma – Chlamydia trachomatis
42. Tetanus – Clostridium tetani
43. Yaws – Treponema petenue
44. HIV/AIDS – HIV/HTLV -III/LAV
45. Swine flu – H1N1 type A influenza
46. Crimean Congo fever – Nairovirus
47. NIPHAH fever – Hendra/Henapi virus
48. Ebola virus – Ebola virus
49. Anthrax – Bacillus anthracis
50. Brucellosis – Bacillus meliten