Name
E.coli 0157
What is it?
Destroys red blood
cells and turns the
kidneys out of
working.
Virus that destroys
white blood cells
and affects your
immunity system.
Spread
Bacteria in warmblooded animals and
spreads by faeces.
Influenza
‘The flu’.
Infectious disease
caused by RNA virus.
Direct transmission,
airborne route & handto-eye
Toxic shock
syndrome
Potential fatal
illness
Staphylococcus aureus
spreads by open
wounds, tampons, the
flu and chicken pox.
Henipa Virus/
Hendra Virus
The Henipa Virus
is a genus and
consists out of 3
viruses: Hedra,
Nipah and Cedar.
Through animals:
infected horses, bats.
Dengue Virus
This illness will be
gone after some
days, but it can
also last several
weeks or even
months.
Mostly spread by
arthropods f.e.
mosquitos or ticks or
blood contact.
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is a
virus and it
damages your liver
and fatal without
cure. It’s also
known as HCV.
Blood contact.
Malaria
Tropical disease
Spread by female
caused by bacteria. mosquitos, infected
needles and can be
passed on by birth.
HIV
Lentivirus, spread by
unsafe sex, needles,
etc.
Symptoms
- vomiting
- stomach pains
- bloody diarrhoea
- mild fever
At first, there are no
symptoms.
- fever
-fatigue
- joint pain, achy
muscles
- headache
- skin rash
-weight loss
- nausea
- vomiting
- fever (sweats)
- dry cough
- aching muscles
- headache
- weakness, fatigue
- low blood pressure
- redness
- peel
- fever
- f.e. measles
- flu-like symptoms
- cough, sore throat
- cardiac arrest
- respiratory and renal
failure
- arterial thrombosis
- tiredness
- pneumonitis
- fever (<40oC)
- chills
- continuous headache
- retro-orbital pain
- measles-like rash
- joint pain
- diarrhoea
- vomiting
Only 20% of all infected
persons will develop
any symptoms.
- extreme tiredness
- nausea
- yellowing of the skin
and eyes
- dark urine
- shaking
- vomiting, diarrhoea
- yellow skin/eyes
- respiratory problems
Mononucleosis
Virus
Salmonella
Food poisoning
Syphilis
Syphilis is a
bacterium and it
can cause damage
of the brain, eyes,
hearth, etc. and
death.
Bacterium which
can be fatal.
Lyme
Anthrax
Spread through any
fluid that comes in
nose/throat, by intimate
contact or sharing of
saliva or by blood
contact.
Infected food, poor
kitchen hygiene,
excretions from infected
people/ animals,
polluted surface water
in association with
reptiles.
Spread by sex and can
be passed on by birth.
Spread by ticks.
Bacteria.
Toxocariasis
Caused by larvae,
which are eaten by
dog/cat/rat/human.
Measles
A virus which is
also prevalent in
the Netherlands.
You get infected by
breathing in viruscontained droplets.
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is a
virus which causes
inflammation of the
liver, but your body
will cure it itself.
Sexual contact, sharing
needles, during birth,
toiletries, through
bloodstream to liver.
Leprosy
Bacteria that attack
the central nervous
system.
Tetanus
Tetanus bacteria
attack the central
nervous system
and can lead to
Transmitted through
injured skin, needles
and animal bites.
- fever
- fatigue
- sore throat
- swollen lymph glands
- nausea
- shivering
- diarrhoea
- headache
- fever
- abdominal cramps
- sore marks, rashes
- gradual blindness
- numbness
- paralysis, difficult
control of muscles
- dementia
- lack of energy
- headache
- a stiff neck
- fever, chills
- muscle or joint pain
- flu-like symptoms
- red skin
- blood-vomiting
- coughing
- headaches
- abdominal pains
- fever
- irritability
- vomiting
- fatigue
- red spots
- infected eyes
- fever
- cough
- runny nose
Often no symptoms.
- exhausted
- muscular pain
- nauseous
- yellow like skin
- dark urine
- loss of skin sensation,
skin lesions
- nose bleeds
- nasal congestion
- thickened dermism
- nodules
- difficulty swallowing
- fever
- sweating
- elevated body
death.
Cholera
Bacterium.
pressure
- increased heart rate
- painful spasms
- severe stomach pains
- vast amounts of
watery diarrhoea
- vomiting