Infectious Disease Reagents

Types of infectious agents

Infections are caused by infectious agents (pathogens) including:

Viruses and related agents such as viroids (HIV, Rhinovirus, Lyssaviruses such as Rabies virus, Ebolavirus and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)；
Bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Clostridium botulinum, and Salmonella spp)；
Fungi；
Ascomycota, including yeasts such as Candida, filamentous fungi such as Aspergillus, Pneumocystis species, and dermatophytes, a group of organisms causing infection of skin and other superficial structures in humans;
Basidiomycota, including the human-pathogenic genus Cryptococcus;
Prions (although they don't secrete toxins);
Parasites;
Arthropods such as ticks, mites, fleas, and lice.