Types of

Pathogen
 PATHOGEN
 Tiny microorganisms that
cause many of the common
diseases .
 Diseases caused by the direct
or indirect spread of
pathogens from one person
to another are called
communicable diseases.
A. Bacteria C. Rickettsias
 Toxins Bacteria D. Fungi
 Resident E. Protozoans
Bacteria
F. Parasitic worms
B. Virus
 BACTERIA
 Bacteria are one-celled
microscopic organisms
that rank among the most
widespread of living
things.
 Most bacteria do not cause
disease.
 BACTERIA
 In order to live, all bacteria must have a food supply, as
well as suitable temperature, moisture, and darkness.
 Some bacteria digest non-living food materials such as
milk and meat.
 Other bacteria also digest a living plant or animal.
 The plant or animal that the parasite feeds on is called a
host.
 TOXIN BACTERIA
 Toxin Bacteria produces a certain poison.
 Botulism is a food poison.
 These bacteria live in the soil. Once they enter
the body through a wound, they can cause
tetanus or lockjaw.
 RESIDENT BACTERIA
 Resident bacteria live in the human, mouth, intestines,
and on our skin.
 Lactobacilli, found in the gastro-intestinal tract,
produce lactic acid from simple carbohydrates.
 Coliform bacilli, found in the intestines, help break
down carbohydrates and combat disease-causing
bacteria.
 RESIDENT BACTERIA

Resident bacteria cause infections

when they move from where
residents are.
 RICKETTSIAS

 Rickettsias are organisms that are considered

intermediate.
 Most of them grow in the intestinal tracts of insects,
which carry them to their human hosts.
 Blood sucking insects carry rickettsias to humans.
 VIRUS
 Viruses are small, simple life-like
forms from one half to 100 the size
of a bacteria.
 These organisms are the human
body’s worst enemies.
 When virus enters the body, it
attaches itself to a cell and releases
its nucleic acid into the host cell.
DISEASES CAUSED BY VIRUSES
 Rabies virus
 Polio virus
 Cold virus
 Viral hepatitis
 Mumps
 Smallpox, chicken pox, shingles, and warts
SHINGLES

warts
 FUNGI
 Fungi are simple organisms that
cannot make their own food.
 Many lives on dead animals,
insect, and leaves.
 Two of the most common fungi are
yeast and mushrooms.
 FUNGI
 Disease-producing fungi invade mainly deep tissues of
the hair, nails, and skin.
 Fungi cause infections of the scalp, such as ring worm,
and of the feet, such as athlete’s foot.
 Pathogenic fungi can also cause brain inflammation and
serious lung infections.
 PROTOZOANS
 Protozoans are single-celled organisms that
are larger than bacteria
 They cause malaria, African sleeping sickness,
and amoebic dysentery, a severe intestinal
infection.
 PARASITIC WORM
 A worm is classified as a parasite.
 Parasitic worms live in humans.
 Helminth eggs contaminate food, water,
air, feces, pets, wild animals, and objects
such as toilet seats and door handles.
 PARASITIC WORM
 The eggs enter the body of a human through
the mouth, nose, and anus.
 Once inside the body, helminth eggs usually
lodge in the intestines, hatch, grow, and
multiply.
 ROUND WORM
 Roundworms hatch and live in the intestines.
 Symptoms of their presence include fatigue, weight loss,
irritability, poor appetite, abdominal pain, and
diarrhea.
 Treatment with medication results in a cure of about a
week.
 PIN WORM
 Also called seatworms and threadworms.
 Pinworms hatch and live primarily in the
intestines.
 The eggs usually enter the body through
the anus, nose or mouth through inhaled
air or fingers that have touched a
contaminated object.
 PIN WORM
 Symptoms of their presence include anal itching,
pale skin, and stomach discomfort.
 If pinworms enter the vagina, discharge and
itching may develop.
 Treatment with medication results in a cure within
days.
TAPE WORM
 Tapeworms live in the intestines.
 The eggs usually enter the body via
raw or uncooked beef.
 Treatment with medication results in
a cure within days.
 PREVENTION
 Frequent washing of hands
 Frequent cleaning of bathrooms and
kitchens
 Thorough cooking of the food they infest
 Water supplies should be chlorinated, if
possible