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Do People Still Get Leprosy?
Yes, there are at least 250 000 people who have leprosy in the world today. There have been great efforts over the last few years to reduce the impact of this...
Do People Still Get the Plague?
The disease we usually refer to as the plague has a long history. Outbreaks of bubonic and pneumonic plague, often called the black plague, were caused by an...
Eye Witness Account: The Misery of Cholera
As of January 22 2009, almost 2800 people had died in the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe that began in August 2008. This is the first s...
How Can People Catch Lyme Disease?
Lyme disease is caused when a person is infected by one of three bacteria of the Borrelia species. Borrelia burgdorferi causes most of the cases of Lyme disease seen...
Is Tetanus the Same as Lock-jaw?
Tetanus is the same disease as lockjaw; the first term is the more technical medical description, lockjaw is a more every-day layman’s term. Both describe the effects of...
People With Leprosy Still Live in Fear
One of our writers from TypesofBacteria interviewed Hari, an aid worker in India who is working with communities where leprosy is still a major...
Q Fever: the World's Most Infectious Disease
Q fever is a bacterial infection that is found all over the world. It was first identified in Australia in 1935 – the Q stands for the word...
Trachoma and Blindness
For many people it is surprising to learn that a bacterial infection can rob someone of their sight, but that is just what happens every year to 10 million people...
What Causes Scarlet Fever?
Scarlet fever is caused by an infection with the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, which is classed as a Group A Streptococcus. The bacterial infection leads to a...
What is Bacterial Meningitis?
Bacterial meningitis is a serious bacterial infection that affects thin membranes called the meninges. These surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. The fluid...
Which Bacterium Causes the Plague?
Plague, also called the Black Death, caused great pandemics that spread over the world in medieval times causing millions of deaths. The causal agent of plague is...
Why is Anthrax So Feared?
Anthrax is a highly infectious and often lethal bacterial infection. However, the bacterium that causes anthrax has a unique property that makes it exceptionally...
