Diseases Caused by Virus

 

Name of Disease	Causing Agent	Mode of Transmission
Adenovirus Infections	Adenovirus (DNA)	Contact
AIDS	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)	Sexual or by other fluid contact
Arbovirus encephalitis	RNA viruses	Mosquito, tick or another arthropod
Chicken pox (Varicella)	Varicella zoster virus (VZV)	Contact
Cytomegalovirus Disease	Cytomegalovirus (CMV)	Contact
Dengue Fever	Dengue virus	Mosquito
Ebola	Ebola viruses	bodily fluids
German Measles (Rubella)	Rubella virus	Contact
Hepatitis A	Hepatovirus A	Contaminated Food, Water
Hepatitis B	Hepatitis B virus (HBV)	Contact with body Fluids
Herpes Simplex	Herpes simplex virus(HSV)	Contact
Influenza	Influenza virus	Droplets
Measles (Rubeola)	Measles virus (MeV)	Contact
Mumps (Epidemic Parotitis)	Mumps virus	Contact
Polio (Poliomyelitis)	Enterovirus or Poliovirus	Food, Water, Contact
Rabies	Lyssaviruses, Rabies virus	Contact with body Fluids
Smallpox (Variola)	Variola major and Variola minor	Contact, Droplets
Yellow Fever	Yellow fever virus	Mosquito (Aedes Aegypti)
Common cold	Rhino virus	Contact
Trachoma	Chlamydia trachomatis	cloth, towels, pillow sharing
Chikungunya	Chikungunya virus	mosquito bite of Aedes aegypti
COVID-19	SARS-CoV-2	Contact