Volume 3, Number 4—December 1997
THEME ISSUE
Foodborne
Special Issue
Infectious Disease as an Evolutionary Paradigm
Table 1
Examples of pathogenic microbes and infectious diseases recognized since 1973 (2)
| Year | Microbe | Type | Disease | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Rotavirus | Virus | Major cause of infantile diarrhea worldwide | |
| 1975 | Parvovirus B19 | Virus | Aplastic crisis in chronic hemolytic anemia | |
| 1976 | Cryptosporidium | Parasite | Acute and chronic diarrhea parvum | |
| 1977 | Ebola virus | Virus | Ebola hemorrhagic fever | |
| 1977 | Legionella | Bacteria | Legionnaires' disease pneumophila | |
| 1977 | Hantaan virus | Virus | Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HRFS) | |
| 1977 | Campylobacter jejuni | Bacteria | Enteric pathogens distributed globally | |
| 1980 | Human T-lymphotropic virus I (HTLV-1) | Virus | T-cell lymphoma-leukemia | |
| 1981 | Toxic producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus | Bacteria | Toxic shock syndrome(tampon use) | |
| 1982 | Escherichia coli O157:H7 | Bacteria | Hemorrhagic colitis; hemolytic uremic syndrome | |
| 1982 | HTLV-II | Virus | Hairy cell leukemia | |
| 1982 | Borrelia burgdorferi | Bacteria | Lyme disease | |
| 1983 | Human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) | Virus | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) | |
| 1983 | Helicobacter pylori | Bacteria | Peptic ulcer disease | |
| 1985 | Enterocytozoon bieneusi | Parasite | Persistent diarrhea | |
| 1986 | Cyclospora cayetanensis | Parasite | Persistent diarrhea | |
| 1988 | Human herpes-virus-6 (HHV-6) | Virus | Roseola subitum | |
| 1988 | Hepatitis E | Virus | Enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis | |
| 1989 | Ehrlichia chafeensis | Bacteria | Human ehrlichiosis | |
| 1989 | Hepatitis C | Virus | Parenterally transmitted non-A, non-B liver infection | |
| 1991 | Guanarito virus | Virus | Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever | |
| 1991 | Encephalitozoon hellem | Parasite | Conjunctivitis, disseminated disease | |
| 1991 | New species of Babesia | Parasite | Atypical babesiosis | |
| 1992 | Vibrio cholerae O139 | Bacteria | New strain associated with epidemic cholera | |
| 1992 | Bartonella henselae | Bacteria | Cat-scratch disease; bacillary angiomatosis | |
| 1993 | Sin Nombre virus | Virus | Adult respiratory distress syndrome | |
| 1993 | Encephalitozoon cuniculi | Parasite | Disseminated disease | |
| 1994 | Sabia virus | Virus | Brazilian hemorrhagic fever | |
| 1995 | HHV-8 | Virus | Associated with Kaposi sarcoma in AIDS patients | |
