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Communicable Diseases, Emerging

MedGen UID:
163718
•Concept ID:
C0872315
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Communicable Disease, Emerging; Disease, Emerging Communicable; Disease, Emerging Infectious; Diseases, Emerging Communicable; Diseases, Emerging Infectious; Emerging Communicable Disease; Emerging Communicable Diseases; Emerging Infectious Disease; Emerging Infectious Diseases; Infectious Disease, Emerging; Infectious Diseases, Emerging

Definition

Infectious diseases that are novel in their outbreak ranges (geographic and host) or transmission mode. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCommunicable Diseases, Emerging

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Parechovirus Genotype 3 Outbreak Among Young Infants in Portugal.
Linhares MI, Brett A, Correia L, Pereira H, Correia C, Oleastro M, De Sousa R, Rodrigues F
Acta Med Port 2021 Oct 1;34(10):664-668. Epub 2021 Mar 15 doi: 10.20344/amp.15032. PMID: 33725476
Management of a Lassa fever outbreak, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 2016.
Ehlkes L, George M, Samosny G, Burckhardt F, Vogt M, Bent S, Jahn K, Zanger P
Euro Surveill 2017 Sep;22(39) doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.39.16-00728. PMID: 29019309Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Human babesiosis.
Krause PJ
Int J Parasitol 2019 Feb;49(2):165-174. Epub 2019 Jan 26 doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.11.007. PMID: 30690090
One Health, emerging infectious diseases and wildlife: two decades of progress?
Cunningham AA, Daszak P, Wood JLN
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2017 Jul 19;372(1725) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0167. PMID: 28584175Free PMC Article
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria-Overview.
Koh WJ
Microbiol Spectr 2017 Jan;5(1) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0024-2016. PMID: 28128073
Global Epidemiology of Campylobacter Infection.
Kaakoush NO, Castaño-Rodríguez N, Mitchell HM, Man SM
Clin Microbiol Rev 2015 Jul;28(3):687-720. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00006-15. PMID: 26062576Free PMC Article
Global trends in emerging infectious diseases.
Jones KE, Patel NG, Levy MA, Storeygard A, Balk D, Gittleman JL, Daszak P
Nature 2008 Feb 21;451(7181):990-3. doi: 10.1038/nature06536. PMID: 18288193Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Emerging Fungal Infections.
Spallone A, Schwartz IS
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2021 Jun;35(2):261-277. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2021.03.014. PMID: 34016278
Emerging Infectious Diseases.
McArthur DB
Nurs Clin North Am 2019 Jun;54(2):297-311. Epub 2019 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2019.02.006. PMID: 31027668Free PMC Article
Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases: Insights, Advances, and Challenges.
Nii-Trebi NI
Biomed Res Int 2017;2017:5245021. Epub 2017 Feb 13 doi: 10.1155/2017/5245021. PMID: 28286767Free PMC Article
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria-Overview.
Koh WJ
Microbiol Spectr 2017 Jan;5(1) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0024-2016. PMID: 28128073
Human monkeypox.
McCollum AM, Damon IK
Clin Infect Dis 2014 Jan;58(2):260-7. Epub 2013 Oct 24 doi: 10.1093/cid/cit703. PMID: 24158414

Therapy

Antivirals with common targets against highly pathogenic viruses.
Lu L, Su S, Yang H, Jiang S
Cell 2021 Mar 18;184(6):1604-1620. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.013. PMID: 33740455
Human babesiosis.
Krause PJ
Int J Parasitol 2019 Feb;49(2):165-174. Epub 2019 Jan 26 doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.11.007. PMID: 30690090
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria-Overview.
Koh WJ
Microbiol Spectr 2017 Jan;5(1) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0024-2016. PMID: 28128073
Epidemiology and clinical manifestations of mucormycosis.
Petrikkos G, Skiada A, Lortholary O, Roilides E, Walsh TJ, Kontoyiannis DP
Clin Infect Dis 2012 Feb;54 Suppl 1:S23-34. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir866. PMID: 22247442
Global trends in emerging infectious diseases.
Jones KE, Patel NG, Levy MA, Storeygard A, Balk D, Gittleman JL, Daszak P
Nature 2008 Feb 21;451(7181):990-3. doi: 10.1038/nature06536. PMID: 18288193Free PMC Article

Prognosis

A review of the monkeypox virus and a recent outbreak of skin rash disease in Nigeria.
Kabuga AI, El Zowalaty ME
J Med Virol 2019 Apr;91(4):533-540. Epub 2018 Nov 19 doi: 10.1002/jmv.25348. PMID: 30357851
Legionella: a reemerging pathogen.
Herwaldt LA, Marra AR
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2018 Aug;31(4):325-333. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000468. PMID: 29794542
Global Epidemiology of Campylobacter Infection.
Kaakoush NO, Castaño-Rodríguez N, Mitchell HM, Man SM
Clin Microbiol Rev 2015 Jul;28(3):687-720. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00006-15. PMID: 26062576Free PMC Article
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, an emerging tick-borne zoonosis.
Liu Q, He B, Huang SY, Wei F, Zhu XQ
Lancet Infect Dis 2014 Aug;14(8):763-772. Epub 2014 May 15 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70718-2. PMID: 24837566
Global trends in emerging infectious diseases.
Jones KE, Patel NG, Levy MA, Storeygard A, Balk D, Gittleman JL, Daszak P
Nature 2008 Feb 21;451(7181):990-3. doi: 10.1038/nature06536. PMID: 18288193Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Shigella flexneri: an emerging pathogen.
Nisa I, Qasim M, Yasin N, Ullah R, Ali A
Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2020 Apr;65(2):275-291. Epub 2020 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s12223-020-00773-w. PMID: 32026288
Is Naegleria fowleri an Emerging Parasite?
Maciver SK, Piñero JE, Lorenzo-Morales J
Trends Parasitol 2020 Jan;36(1):19-28. Epub 2019 Nov 18 doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.10.008. PMID: 31744676
A review of the monkeypox virus and a recent outbreak of skin rash disease in Nigeria.
Kabuga AI, El Zowalaty ME
J Med Virol 2019 Apr;91(4):533-540. Epub 2018 Nov 19 doi: 10.1002/jmv.25348. PMID: 30357851
Pathways to zoonotic spillover.
Plowright RK, Parrish CR, McCallum H, Hudson PJ, Ko AI, Graham AL, Lloyd-Smith JO
Nat Rev Microbiol 2017 Aug;15(8):502-510. Epub 2017 May 30 doi: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.45. PMID: 28555073Free PMC Article
Prediction and prevention of the next pandemic zoonosis.
Morse SS, Mazet JA, Woolhouse M, Parrish CR, Carroll D, Karesh WB, Zambrana-Torrelio C, Lipkin WI, Daszak P
Lancet 2012 Dec 1;380(9857):1956-65. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61684-5. PMID: 23200504Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Social media and outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases: A systematic review of literature.
Tang L, Bie B, Park SE, Zhi D
Am J Infect Control 2018 Sep;46(9):962-972. Epub 2018 Apr 5 doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.02.010. PMID: 29628293Free PMC Article
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in pregnancy: A systematic review and case series from Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey.
Pshenichnaya NY, Leblebicioglu H, Bozkurt I, Sannikova IV, Abuova GN, Zhuravlev AS, Barut S, Shermetova MB, Fletcher TE
Int J Infect Dis 2017 May;58:58-64. Epub 2017 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.02.019. PMID: 28249811Free PMC Article
The associations between sedentary behaviour and mental health among adolescents: a systematic review.
Hoare E, Milton K, Foster C, Allender S
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2016 Oct 8;13(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s12966-016-0432-4. PMID: 27717387Free PMC Article
Systematic review of brucellosis in Kenya: disease frequency in humans and animals and risk factors for human infection.
Njeru J, Wareth G, Melzer F, Henning K, Pletz MW, Heller R, Neubauer H
BMC Public Health 2016 Aug 22;16(1):853. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3532-9. PMID: 27549329Free PMC Article
Onchocerciasis caused by Onchocerca lupi: an emerging zoonotic infection. Systematic review.
Grácio AJ, Richter J, Komnenou AT, Grácio MA
Parasitol Res 2015 Jul;114(7):2401-13. Epub 2015 May 20 doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4535-7. PMID: 25990062

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