Trasmission of Bacterial Diseases | ||
Route |
Disease |
Bacterium |
| Airborne | Legionellosis Pertussis Diptheria Tuberculosis |
Legionella pneumophila Bordetella pertussis +Corynebacterium diptheriae Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Arthropod | Lyme disease Bubonic Plague |
Borrelia burgdorferi ticks - mice +Yersina pestis (Plague) lice - rats |
| Direct Contact | Acne Anthrax Tetnus Gonorrhea Syphilis |
Propionibacterium acnes Bacillus anthracis Clostridium tetani Niesseria gonorrhoeae pic Treponema pallidum |
| Food & Water | Botulism Typhoid 20th Salmonelosis Typhoid fever (Plague) Cholera (epidemic) Diarrhea (common kind) Dysentery (diarrhea) |
Clostridium botulinum Salmonella typhi Salmonella enteritidis Salmonella typhi sewage Vibrio cholerae Escherichia coli Sigella dysenteriae |
| based on: Lewis Gaffin Hoefnagels Parker. 2002. Life 4th ed. McGraw Hill | ||
