| Group |
Pathogen |
Disease |
| Bacteria |
Aeromonas spp
Camplyobacter jejumi/coli
Escherichiacoli (EIEC,EPEC,ETEC, EHEC)
Salmonella typhi/paratyphi
Salmonella spp.
Shigella spp.
Vibrio cholerae |
Enteritis
Campylobacteriosis-diarrhoea, cramping, abdominal pain, fever, nausea, arthritis, Guillain-Barre syndrome
Enteritis. For EHEC there are also internal haemorrhages that are sometimes lethal
Typhoid/ paratyphoid fever- headache, fever, malaise, anorexia, brady cardia, splenomegaly, cough
Salmonellosis- diarrhoea, fever- abdominal cramps
Shigellosis-dysentery (bloody diarrhoea), Vomiting, Cramps, fever, reiter’s syndrome
Cholera-watery diarrhoea, lethal if severe and untreated |
| Virus |
Adenovirus
Enteric adenovirus 40 & 41
Enterovirus types 68-71
Hepatitits A
Hepatitits E
Poliovirus
Rotavirus |
Various; respiratory illness, here added due to enteric types (see below)
Enteritis
Meningitis; encephalitis; paralysis
Hepatitits-fever, malaise, anorexia, nausea, abdominal discomfort, jaundice
Hepatitits
Poliomyelitis- often asymptomatic, fever, nausea, Vomiting, headache, paralysis
Enteritis
|
| Parastitic Protozoa |
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cyclospora histolyica
Entamoeba histolytica
Giardia intestinalis |
Cryptosporidiosis-watery diarrhoea, abdominal cramps and pain
often asymptomatic; diarrhoea, abdominal pain
Amoebiasis-often asymptomatic, dysentery, abdominal discomfort, fever, chills
Giardiasis- diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, malaise, Weight loss |
| Helminths |
Ascaris lumbricoides
Taenia solium/ saginata
Trichuris trichura
Hookworm
Schistosoma spp. (blood fluke) |
Generally no or few symptomps; wheezing; coughing; fever; enteritis; pulmonary eosinophilia
Taeniasis
Trichuriasis-Unapparent through vague digestive tract distress to emaciation with dry skin and diarrhoea
Itch; rash; cough; anaemia; protein deficiency
Schistosomiasis, bilharzias |
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