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CLASSIFICATION OF THE TROPICAL DISEASES
Virus
Disease
Dengue, dengue hemorrhagic fever
Pathogen: family Flaviviridae
Serotypes:DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4
Transmission: Aedes mosquito species
Rabies
Pathogen: Rhabdovirus family, rabies virus.
Transmission: urinating from a rabid animal or inhalation in caves
Helminth
Disease
Dracunculiasis
Transmission: Water contaminated with microcrustaceans (Cyclops spp)
Pathogen: Dracunculus medinensis
Cysticercosis/ Taeniasis
Transmission: Larval cysts in pork meat
Pathogen: Taenia solium
Echinococcosis
Pathogen: Echinococcus granulosus
Transmission: water or food contaminated by canid feces
Lymphatic filariasis
Pathogen: Wuchereria bancrofti
Transmission: Culex mosquito
Onchocerciasis
Pathogen: Onchocerca volvulus
Transmission: The vector is Simulium (black fly)
Schistosoma mansoni
Transmission: Contaminated fresh water
Pathogen: Schistosoma mansoni
Bacteria
Disease
Buruli ulcer
Pathogen: Micobacterium ulcerans
Transmission: The vector is water bugs.
Trachoma (avoidable blindness)
Transmission: Ocular and nasal secretions of infected persons.
Pathogen: Chlamydia trachomatis
Leprosy
Pathogen: Mycobacterium leprae
Transmission: Inhalation of small droplets released into the air
Protozoa
Disease
Chagas disease
Pathogen: Trypanosoma cruzi
Transmission: The "kissing" bugs vector
Human African trypano-somiasis
Pathogen: Trypanosoma brucei gambiense o Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.
Transmission: The vector of tse tse flies
Leishmaniases Visceral
Transmission: The vector is the female phlebotomine sandfly.
Pathogen: Leishmania donovani
Leishmaniases Cutaneous
Pathogen: Leishmania tropica
