List of Human Diseases caused by Bacteria, Virus, Fungi, and Protozoa(10)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Diseases caused by Viruses:Study of Viruses | Virology |
| Father of Virology | Martinus Willem Beijerinck.In 1898, first to identify a pathogen that was smaller than a bacterium and called it "contagium vivum fluidum."The first person to conduct a study on virus –Dmitri Ivanowsky(1892) |
| Athlete’s foot | caused by the ringworm fungus known as Epidermophyton floccosum |
| Madura foot | Maurella Mycetomi |
| Covid 19 | The number 19 stands for 2019, the year it emerged |
| Viral encephalitis | inflammation of the brain.AIDS was first reported in–USA (1981) |
| The first case of HIV/AIDS in India was reported in | Chennai (1986) |
| The first case of HIV/AIDS in Kerala was reported in | Pathanamthitta district (1987) |
| Incubation period for malaria is about | 10 days.(Additional Director, Kerala Sports & Youth Affairs, 2023)Filariasisis spread byfemale Culex mosquitoes* |
| February 10 | National Deworming Day |
Diseases caused by Viruses:Study of Viruses
Virology
Father of Virology
Martinus Willem Beijerinck.In 1898, first to identify a pathogen that was smaller than a bacterium and called it "contagium vivum fluidum."The first person to conduct a study on virus –Dmitri Ivanowsky(1892)
Athlete’s foot
caused by the ringworm fungus known as Epidermophyton floccosum
Madura foot
Maurella Mycetomi
Covid 19
The number 19 stands for 2019, the year it emerged
Viral encephalitis
inflammation of the brain.AIDS was first reported in–USA (1981)
The first case of HIV/AIDS in India was reported in
Chennai (1986)
The first case of HIV/AIDS in Kerala was reported in
Pathanamthitta district (1987)
Incubation period for malaria is about*
10 days.(Additional Director, Kerala Sports & Youth Affairs, 2023)Filariasisis spread byfemale Culex mosquitoes
February 10
National Deworming Day
* Time-sensitive data — verify for latest information