Chapter objectives:

• To learn about various types of infectious disease like Diptheria, whooping cough, tuberculosis, etc. so that students can use the knowledge in their academic and professional career as well as keep them away from these disease.

Lecture Outcome:

• Definition of infectious disease
• Learn about the various types of infectious disease.
• Causes, sign-symptoms, pathophysiology, treatment of infectious disease.

• Diptheria (Definition, causes, sign-symptoms, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention)
•  Whooping cough ( Definition, causes, sign-symptoms, stages, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention)
• Tuberculosis (Definition, causes, sign-symptoms, types, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment)
• Syphilis  (Definition, causes, sign-symptoms, stages, pathogenesis, treatment)
  
• Clostridial infections (Definition, causes, sign-symptoms, types, pathogenesis, treatment)
• Pneumonia (Definition, causes, sign-symptoms, types, pathogenesis, treatment)