| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Epstein-Bar virus | Disease: Burkitt's lymphoma and Infectious mononucleosis. MOT: oral contact. |
Ebola virus | Disease: hemorrhagic fever. MOT: body fluids, indirect contact. |
Dengue virus | Disease: breakbone fever. MOT: mosquitoes. |
Hepatitis A virus | Disease: hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis). MOT: fecal-oral. |
Hepatitis B virus | Disease: hepatitis B (serum hepatitis), hepatic cancer. MOT: blood transfusion and sexual contact. |
Hepatitis C virus | Disease: hepatitis C (Non A, Non B hepatitis; chronic hepatitis), hepatic cancer. MOT: blood transfusion and sexual contact. |
Herpes simplex -1 | Disease: oral herpes (cold sores). MOT: direct and sexual contact. |
Herpes simplex -2 | Disease: genital herpes. MOT: direct and sexual contact. |
Human immunodeficiency virus | Disease: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. MOT: blood and sexual contact. |
Influenza virus | Disease: influenza. MOT: airborne. |
Norovirus/Norwalk | Disease: intestinal illness. MOT: direct contact or ingestion (usually on cruise ships). |
Papilloma virus | Disease: benign tumors, warts, cervical and penile cancers. MOT: direct and sexual contact. |
Polio virus | Disease: poliomyelitis. MOT: fecal-oral. |
Rabies virus | Disease: rabies. MOT: bite and saliva. |
Respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV) | Disease: croup and pneumonia in infants. MOT: airborne. |
Sin Nombre virus | Disease: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. MOT: inhaling rodent urine or feces. |
Rubeola virus | Disease: measles. MOT: airborne. |
Rubella virus | Disease: German measles. MOT: airborne and congenital. |
Mumps virus | Disease: mumps. MOT: airborne and contact. |
Variola major virus | Disease: smallpox. MOT: contact. |
Varicella Zoster virus | Disease: chickenpox and shingles. MOT: airborne and direct contact with lesions. |
Zika virus | Disease: microcephaly. MOT: mosquitoes, sexually, pregnancy, blood. |
Acanthamoeba spp. | Disease: keratitis, blindness. MOT: freshwater contact (contact lens wearers). |
Balantidium coli | Disease: balantidiasis, dysentery. MOT: fecal-oral. |
Cryptosporidium parvum | Disease: cryptosporidiosis. MOT: fecal-oral. |
Entamoeba histolytica | Disease: amoebic dysentery, amoebiasis. MOT: fecal-oral. |
Enterobius vermicularis | Disease: pinworm. MOT: fecal-oral. |
Giardia intestinalis/lamblia | Disease: giardiasis. MOT: fecal-oral. |
Leishmania spp. | Disease: cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis. MOT: sand flies. |
Naegleria fowleri | Disease: meningoencephalitis, brain eating amoeba. MOT: swimming in warm freshwater. |
Plasmodium spp. | Disease: malaria. MOT: Anopheles mosquito. |
Taenia solium | Disease: cysticercosis, epilepsy. MOT: fecal-oral, eating undercooked pork. |
Trichinella spiralis | Disease: trichinosis (muscle cysts). MOT: eating undercooked meat (usually pork). |
Toxoplasma gondii | Disease: toxoplasmosis. MOT: fecal-oral (usually cats). |
Trypanosoma brucei | Disease: African sleeping sickness. MOT: tsetse fly. |
Trypanosoma cruzi | Disease: Chaga's disease. MOT: kissing bugs. |
Trichomonas vaginalis | Disease: vaginitis. MOT: sexual contact. |