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Routes of transmission

Vertical transmission that matters

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
placental	HIV Hepatitis B	Syphilis	Chagas
transvaginal	HIV Hepatitis B	Neonatal gonococcal conjunctivitis
breastfeeding	HTLV-1

Water

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
Direct contact to freshwater	nil	Leptospirosis Melioidosis	Acanthamoeba spp. (cornea)	Schistosomiasis
Aspiration of freshwater		Melioidosis	Naegleria fowleri
Ingestion of freshwater		Melioidosis	Naegleria fowleri			Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm)

Soil

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
soil	nil	Melioidosis		Strongyloidiasis Ascariasis

Animals

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
Rodent	Hantavirus Lassa	Leptospirosis Plague
Domestic animals		Bartonellosis Brucellosis

Flies

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
Sandfly		Bartonellosis (Oroya fever, Carrion's disease)	Leishmaniasis
Blackfly				Onchocerciasis
Tse Tse fly			Trypanosomiasis

Incubation period/Latent infection

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
Incubation/latency possibly > 1 year		Melioidosis	Leishmania	Trypanosoma cruzi

Target organs

Eye involvement

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
Conjunctivitis	Zika	Leptospirosis as conjunctival suffusion

Skin involvement

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
larvae migrans				Ancylostomiasis (hookworm) Strongyloidiasis as larva currens

Liver and spleen involvement

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
Jaundice	Viral hepatitis Yellow fever	Leptospirosis	Malaria
Hepatosplenomegaly		Melioidosis Brucellosis	Malaria Visceral leishmaniasis		Schistosomiasis
Hepatomegaly predominant	Viral hepatitis	Leptospirosis
Splenomegaly predominant			Visceral leishmaniasis

Infected cells

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
Macrophage		Tuberculosis Brucellosis Melioidosis	Trypanosomiasis Leishmaniasis

Syndromes

	Virus	Bacteria and Rickettsia	Protozoa	Nematode	Trematode	Cestode
Löeffler syndrome				Ascariasis Strongyloidiasis Ancylostomiasis (hookworm)