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Emerging
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AMR Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance AMR is one of the top global public health threats. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evo...
H5N1 Bird Flu
H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI was first identified in a goose in Guangdong province, China, in 1996. The v...
H7N9 Avian Flu
H7N9 avian influenza emerged in eastern China in March 2013. Unlike H5N1, H7N9 causes little or no illness in birds, mak...
Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, transmitted through the bite of infected Ixodes ticks. The...
Valley Fever
Coccidioidomycosis, commonly known as Valley Fever, is caused by the fungi Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadas...
Drug Resistant TB
Drug resistant tuberculosis is a growing global health threat. Multidrug resistant TB MDR TB is resistant to at least ri...
Candida Auris
Candida auris is a multidrug resistant fungal pathogen first described in 2009 from the ear canal of a patient in Japan....
Avian Flu H5N8 Russia
In February 2021, Russia reported the first human infections with H5N8 avian influenza. Seven poultry farm workers in so...
Dengue Global
Dengue fever has expanded dramatically in the 21st century. Approximately half the global population now lives in dengue...