Question

What are the different types of causes of diseases???

Answer 1

The organisms which cause diseases are called pathogens

Diseases can be broadly classified into two types-

• Infectious diseases : Infectious diseases are those which are transmitted from an infected person to another healthy person.
• Non- infectious diseases : Non-infectious diseases are those which are not transmitted from an infected person to another person.

Infectious diseases includes-

• Bacterial diseases- caused by bacteria.
• Fungal diseases- causes by fungi.
• Viral diseases- caused by virus.
• Protozoan diseases- caused by protozoan.
• Helminth diseases- caused by helminth.

These are the causes of diseases.