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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]

## Causes

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Infectious disease are caused by pathogenic microorganisms. These disease can be categorized into 4 main categories:

* Bacterial infections
* Viral infecions
* Fungal infections
* Parasitic infections

#### Gram-Positive Organism Diseases

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* Anthrax

* Botulism

* Diptheria

* Gas Gangrene and other Clostridial Infections

* Listeria monocytogenes and Eryspelothrix Rhusiopathiae

* Mixed Anaerobic Infections

* Pneumococcal Infections

* Staphylococcal Infections

* Streptococcal Infections

* Tetanus

#### Gram-Negative Organism Diseases

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* Bartonellosis

* Brucellosis

* Chancroid

* Cholera

* Donovanosis (Granuloma Inguinale)

* Enteric Bacilli

* Gonococcal Infections

* Haemophilus Infections

* Legionella Infections

* Melioidosis and Glanders

* Meningococcal Infections

* Salmonellosis

* Shigellosis

* Tularemia

* Yersinia enterocolitica Infection (Yersiniosis)

* Yersinia Pestis Infection

* Whooping Cough
* Anthrax

* Botulism

* Diptheria

* Gas Gangrene and other Clostridial Infections

* Listeria monocytogenes and Eryspelothrix Rhusiopathiae

* Mixed Anaerobic Infections

* Pneumococcal Infections

* Staphylococcal Infections

* Streptococcal Infections

* Tetanus

#### Mycobacterial Diseases

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* Tuberculosis
* Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
* Other Mycobacterial Infections

#### Spirochetal Diseases

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* Syphilis
* Non-venereal Treponematosis: Yaws, Pinta, and Endemic Syphilis
* Leptospirosis
* Relapsing Fever
* Lyme disease (Borreliosis)

#### Viral Diseases

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* Arbovirus Infections

* Arenavirus Infections

* The Biology of Viruses

* Cytomegalovirus Infection

* Enteroviruses and Reoviruses

* Epstein-Barr Virus Infections, Including Infectious Mononucleosis

* Herpes Simplex Viruses

* Human Papillomavirus Infections

* Influenza

* Measles (Rubeola)

* Mumps

* Rabies, Rhabdovirus, and Marburg-like Agents

* Common Viral Respiratory Infections

* The Human Retroviruses

* Rubella ("German Measles") and Other Viral Exanthems

* Smallpox, Vaccinia and Other Poxviruses

* Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections

* Viral Gastroenteritis

* West Nile Virus

* Yellow Fever Virus

#### Infection Caused by Fungi and Higher Bacteria

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* Actinomycosis and Nocardiosis
* Fungal infections

#### Rickettsia, Mycoplasma and Chlamydia

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* Rickettsial diseases

* Mycoplasma Infections

* Chlamydial Infections

#### Protozoal and Helminthic Infections

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* Amebiasis

* Babesiosis

* Cryptosporidiosis

* Filariasis

* Giardiasis

* Leishmaniasis

* Malaria

* Nematodes, Cestodes, and Hermaphroditic Trematodes

* Pneumocystis Carinii pneumonia

* Scabies, Chiggers, and other ectoparasites

* Schistosomiasis

* Toxoplasmosis

* Trichinosis

* Trypanosomiasis

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