HELP! What are examples of INFECTIOUS autoimmune diseases affecting humans?

[holden_nick57]

I have a biology assessment that requires us to choose an infectious disease and write about its:
-cause
-transmission
-host response
-major symptoms
-treatment
-prevention
-control
I would prefer a relatively well known/common example, (not rare examples etc), and have been very interested in autoimmune diseases. A quick reply would be greatly appreciated!

[Jessica T]

i think HIV is one...

[medguy84]

Ummm let's see....
infectious diseases that cause autoimmune phenomena are not many.
but here are a few
EBV, causing infectious mononucleosis, it is also related to leukemia and some cancers.
Mycoplasma pneumonia, a very common pneumonia in young people, it causes something called erythema multiforme, an AI (autoimmune) reaction.
You also have the common strep throat and rheumatic fever and poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis.
Less common examples might be Campylobacter jejuni and Guillian Barre syndrome.

Good luck... i think all of the above are good examples, i would choose strep and rheumatic fever because it is the most common and there plenty of good sources on that.

[ladypam]

You can also check out autoimmune hepatitis, which is an autoimmune disease of the liver.

You can get more info about it on from this link:
Autoimmune Hepatitis