Pathogens that shaped history, card by card Bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites and stranger things still. What caused the Black Death? How was smallpox wiped out? How does a mosquito bite give you malaria? And what is a prion? These 122 illustrated flashcards have the answers. Each one shows a pathogen up close: what it looks like, how it spreads, how it is prevented and treated, and where it shows up on history's timeline. Every sentence comes with its source. They are the same cards as the five smaller pathogen sets together. Print them double-sided, or flip through them on a screen. Plasmodium falciparum, front and back. On every card Front: the name, a large illustration and a history timeline. Pathogens behind pandemics and large epidemics show those on it. Back: a labelled picture with a scale bar, one striking fact, and five short blocks: background, symptoms, transmission, prevention and timeline. The back of the T4 phage card. All 122 pathogens Bacteria (37): Acinetobacter baumannii · Bacillus anthracis · Bacillus cereus · Borrelia burgdorferi · Bordetella pertussis · Capnocytophaga canimorsus · Chlamydia trachomatis · Clostridium botulinum · Clostridioides difficile · Clostridium tetani · Corynebacterium diphtheriae · Coxiella burnetii · E. coli O157:H7 · Group A streptococcus · Helicobacter pylori · Klebsiella pneumoniae · Legionella · Listeria monocytogenes · MRSA · Mycobacterium leprae · Mycobacterium tuberculosis · Neisseria gonorrhoeae · Neisseria meningitidis · Pseudomonas aeruginosa · Rickettsia prowazekii · Salmonella Typhi · Staphylococcus epidermidis · Streptococcus agalactiae · Streptococcus mutans · Streptococcus pneumoniae · Streptococcus suis · Streptococcus thermophilus · Treponema pallidum · Vibrio cholerae · Vibrio vulnificus · Wolbachia · Yersinia pestis Viruses (35): Chikungunya virus · Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever virus · Dengue · Ebola · Epstein–Barr · H5N1 avian influenza · Hantavirus · Hepatitis B · Hepatitis C · Herpes simplex virus · HIV · HPV · Influenza A · Lassa virus · Marburg virus · Measles · MERS coronavirus · Mimivirus · Molluscum contagiosum virus · Mpox · Nipah virus · Norovirus · Oropouche virus · Polio · Rabies · Respiratory syncytial virus · Rhinovirus · Rotavirus · SARS-CoV-2 · Smallpox · Tobacco mosaic virus · Varicella-zoster · West Nile virus · Yellow fever · Zika virus Fungi (12): Aspergillus · Candida albicans · Candida auris · Chytrid fungus · Claviceps (ergot) · Coccidioides · Cryptococcus · Ophiocordyceps (zombie-ant fungus) · Pneumocystis · Rhizopus · Trichophyton · White-nose fungus Protozoa (10): Cryptosporidium · Entamoeba · Giardia · Leishmania · Naegleria · Plasmodium falciparum · Plasmodium vivax · Toxoplasma · Trypanosoma brucei · Trypanosoma cruzi Parasites (10): Ascaris · Guinea worm · Hookworm · Human botfly · Lice · Onchocerca volvulus · Pinworm · Scabies mite · Schistosoma · Taenia solium Strange life (18): prions (BSE & variant CJD · Chronic wasting disease · Fatal familial insomnia · Kuru · Scrapie · Sporadic CJD), viroids (Cadang-cadang · Hepatitis D · PSTVd), phages (crAssphage · T4 phage · φX174), water moulds (Aphanomyces astaci · Phytophthora infestans · Plasmopara viticola) and algae (Karenia brevis · Prototheca · Pseudo-nitzschia) What you get Cards: one PDF, A6 landscape (148 × 105 mm), 244 pages alternating front and back. Print double-sided at home or at a print shop. Sources: a second PDF with every sentence on the backs and every labelled part of each picture, the note it rests on and the page it comes from. How these cards were made These cards are AI-assisted. Most of the content was produced by AI models and scripts, and a human guided and reviewed the work at every step. Research: a script had an AI model collect notes for each card from published sources: mostly Wikipedia, also the CDC, the WHO and scientific papers. Text: an AI model wrote the card texts from those notes, following a written style guide: every claim has to be in a note, and is said no more strongly than the source says it. Each sentence is linked to its source in the sources PDF. All facts claimed in the notes were then hand-reviewed one by one. Pictures: the illustrations were drawn by scripts, written by AI, as simplified flat diagrams, not photos or micrographs. Every element is human-verified and backed by a source page. Direction, changes and composition were all directed by a human. Layout and checks: scripts lay out every card and check text length, fit and print margins. Human review: a human chose the topics, set the design and the writing rules, reviewed the cards, and sent them back for rewording/redrawing over several review rounds. Mistakes are still possible; if you spot one, please let me know. These cards are for learning and curiosity, not medical advice.