Immunology and Virology Diseases

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Emerging infections account for at least 12% of all human pathogens. EIDs can be caused by newly identified microbes, including novel species or strains of virus (e.g. Novel Coronaviruses, Ebola viruses, HIV). Some known diseases can also emerge in some areas undergoing ecologic transformation. Others can experience resurgence as a re-emerging infectious disease, like tuberculosis or measles. Nosocomial infections, such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aurous are emerging in hospitals, and are extremely problematic in that they are resistant to many antibiotics of growing concern are adverse synergistic interactions between emerging diseases conditions leading to the development of novel syndics.

• HIV infections
• SARS
• Lyme disease
• Hantavirus
• Dengue fever
• West Nile virus
• Zika virus