Human Pathogen - Examples

Examples

  • Bacillus anthracis — the causative agent of anthrax in humans and animals.
  • Clostridium botulinum — releases the most powerful neurotoxin leading to death from botulism.
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis — the causative agent of most cases of tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium leprae — the bacterium that causes leprosy (Hansen's disease)
  • Yersinia pestis — pneumonic, septicemic, and the notorious bubonic plagues (aka "Black Death")
  • Rickettsia prowazekii — the etiologic agent of typhus fever
  • Bartonella spp.
  • Spanish influenza virus

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