Editing Infection (section)

==Types==
Infections are caused by infectious agents ([[pathogen]]s) including:
* [[Pathogenic bacteria|Bacteria]] (e.g. ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]'', ''[[Staphylococcus aureus]]'', ''[[Escherichia coli]]'', ''[[Clostridium botulinum]]'', and ''[[Salmonella]]'' spp.)
* [[Viral infection|Virus]]es and [[subviral agent]]s such as [[viroid]]s and [[prion]]s.  (E.g. ''[[HIV]]'', ''[[Rhinovirus]]'', ''[[Lyssavirus]]es'' such as ''[[Rabies virus]]'', ''[[Ebolavirus]]'' and ''[[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]]'')
* [[Fungal infection|Fungi]], further subclassified into:
** [[Ascomycota]], including yeasts such as [[Candida (fungus)|''Candida'']] (the most common [[fungal infection]]); filamentous fungi such as ''[[Aspergillus]];'' ''[[Pneumocystis]]'' species; and [[Dermatophytosis|dermatophytes]], a group of organisms causing infection of skin and other superficial structures in humans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/index.html|title=Types of Fungal Diseases|date=2019-06-27|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-09|archive-date=2020-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401195307/https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Basidiomycota]], including the human-pathogenic genus ''[[Cryptococcus]].''<ref>{{Citation|last1=Mada|first1=Pradeep Kumar|title=Cryptococcus (Cryptococcosis)|date=2019|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431060/|work=StatPearls|publisher=StatPearls Publishing|pmid=28613714|access-date=2019-12-09|last2=Jamil|first2=Radia T.|last3=Alam|first3=Mohammed U.|archive-date=2020-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619195643/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431060/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Parasitic disease|Parasite]]s, which are usually divided into:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/about.html|title=About Parasites|date=2019-02-25|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-09|archive-date=2019-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225043311/https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/about.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Unicellular organisms (e.g. [[Plasmodium|malaria]], ''[[Toxoplasma gondii|Toxoplasma]]'', ''[[Babesia]]'')
** Macroparasites<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 656401|title = Microparasites and Macroparasites|journal = Cultural Anthropology|volume = 2|issue = 1|pages = 155–71|last1 = Brown|first1 = Peter J.|year = 1987|doi = 10.1525/can.1987.2.1.02a00120}}</ref> ([[Parasitic worm|worms or helminths]]) including [[nematode]]s such as [[parasitic]] [[roundworm]]s and [[pinworm (parasite)|pinworms]],  [[tapeworm]]s (cestodes), and flukes ([[trematodes]], such as [[schistosomes]]).  Diseases caused by [[Parasitic worm|helminths]] are sometimes termed infestations, but are sometimes called infections.
** [[Arthropod]]s such as [[tick]]s, [[mite]]s, [[flea]]s, 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]].