Viral,fungal and protist diseases

• Types of diseases


  • Viral diseases
  • Fungal diseases
  • Protist diseases
• Viral diseases


  • Measles
  • HIV
• Measles


  Viral disease spread by droplets from an infected person's sneeze or cough
• Most people are vaccinated against measles when they're young
• HIV


  Virus spread by sexual contact or exchanging bodily fluids like blood
• HIV attacks the immune cells
• If the immune system is badly damaged, it can't cope with other infections or cancers. This is late stage HIV infection, or AIDS.
• Bacterial diseases


  • Balantidiasis
  • Salmonella
• In the UK, most people are vaccinated against Salmonella
• Fungal diseases


  • Tobacco mosaic virus
  • Rose black spot
• Malaria


  Disease caused by a protist