Infections are caused by infectious agents (pathogens) including: * Bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Clostridium botulinum, and Salmonella spp.) * Viruses and related agents such as viroids (HIV, Rhinovirus, Lyssaviruses such as Rabies virus, Ebolavirus and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) * Fungi, further subclassified into: * Ascomycota, including yeasts such as Candida (the most common fungal infection), 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. * Parasites, which are usually divided into: * Unicellular organisms (e.g. malaria, Toxoplasma, Babesia) * Macroparasites (worms or helminths) including nematodes such as parasitic roundworms and pinworms, tapeworms (cestodes), and flukes (trematodes, such as schistosomes) * Arthropods such as ticks, mites, fleas, and lice, can also cause human disease, which conceptually are similar to infections, but invasion of a human or animal body by these macroparasites is usually termed infestation. (Diseases caused by helminths, which are also macroparasites, are sometimes termed infestations as well, but are sometimes called infections.) * Prions (although they do not secrete toxins)
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