Microbial Diseases of Blood

Microbial Diseases of Blood:

Blood is a unique body fluid that contains RBC , WBC and Thrompocytes. . Blood transports nutrients and oxygen to cells. WBC of blood consist neutrophil, basophil, eosinophil, lymphocytes and Monocytes.
Like other site of human body (eg: skin, nervous system etc) blood also infected by microorganisms. Microbial disease of blood are as follows…

Bacterial Disease:

1 childbed fever (Puerperal fever) ---- Streptococcus pyogenes
2 Anthrax (Woolsorter's disease) ---- Bacillus anthracis
3 Plague ---------------------------- Yersinia pestis
4 Tularemia ------------- Francisella tularensis
5 Epidemic relapsing fever --------- Borrelia recurrentis
6 Lyme disease ------------- Borrelia burgdorferi

Viral Disease:

1) Yellow Fever ------ Yellow Fever Virus
2) Dengue Fever (dengue hemorrhagic fever) –----- Dengue Virus.
3) Infectious mononucleosis - ---- Epstein-Barr Virus
4) Fifth Disease (Erythema infectiosum) ---- Parovirus strain B19.
5) AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) --- HIV type 1 (or) HIV type 2.

Rickettsial Disease:

1) Epidemic Typhus --------- Rickettsia prowazekii
2) Endemic Typhus ---------- Rickettsia typhi
3) Scrub Typhus ----------- Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
4) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever ---- Rickettsia rickettsii
5) Rickettsialbox --------- Rickettsia akari
6) Trench Fever ---- Rochalimaea Quintana

Protozoan Disease :

1) Malaria -------- Plasmodium vivax , P. ovale , P. malariae
2) Toxoplasmosis ---- Toxoplasma gondii
3) Babesiosis ----- Babesia microti