Emerging Infectious Diseases

An infectious disease that has newly appeared in a population or that has been known for some time but is rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range. Examples of emerging infectious diseases include: Ebola virus, Hepatitis C,Influenza A(H5N1) ,Legionella pneumophila , E. coli O157:H7, and Borrelia burgdorferi.

Another example of an emerging infectious disease is the new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which was first described in 1996. The agent is considered to be the same as that causing bovine spongiform encephalitis, a disease which emerged in the 1980s and affected thousands of cattle in the UK and Europe.

  • West Nile Fever
  • Lyme Disease
  • Nosocomial/ Hospital Acquired Infection
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • Canine Influenza A (H3N2) virus
  • Bourbon virus (BRBV)
  • Avian Influenza A(H5N8) virus
  • Lyme borreliosis

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