Volume 1, Number 1—January 1995
Perspective
Emerging Infections: Getting Ahead of the Curve
Table
Year | Agent | Disease | Reference |
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1973 | Rotavirus | Major cause of infantile diarrhea worldwide | 19 |
1975 | Parvovirus B19 | Fifth disease; Aplastic crisis in chronic hemolytic anemia | 20 |
1976 | Cryptosporidium parvum | Acute enterocolitis | 21 |
1977 | Ebola virus | Ebola hemorrhagic feve | 22 |
1977 | Legionella pneumophila | Legionnaires' disease | 23 |
1977 | Hantaan virus | Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) | 24 |
1977 | Campylobacter sp. | Enteric pathogens distributed globally | 25 |
1980 | Human T-cell lymphotropic virus-I (HTLV I) | T-cell lymphoma leukemia | 26 |
1981 | Staphylococcus toxin | Toxic shock syndrome associated with tampon use | 27 |
1982 | Escherichia coli O157:H7 | Hemorrhagic colitis; hemolytic uremic syndrome | 28 |
1982 | HTLV II | Hairy cell leukemia | 29 |
1982 | Borrelia burgdorferi | Lyme disease | 30 |
1983 | Human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) | 31 |
1983 | Helicobacter pylori | Gastric ulcers | 32 |
1988 | Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) | Roseola subitum | 33 |
1989 | Ehrlichia chaffeensis | Human ehrlichiosis | 34 |
1989 | Hepatitis C | Parenterally transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis | 35 |
1991 | Guanarito virus | Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever | 36 |
1992 | Vibrio cholerae O139 | New strain associated with epidemic cholera | 37 |
1992 | Bartonella(= Rochalimaea) henselae | Cat-scratch disease; bacillary angiomatosis | 38,39 |
1993 | Hantavirus isolates | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome | 40 |
1994 | Sabia virus | Brazilian hemorrhagic fever | 41 |
*Compiled by CDC staff. Dates of discovery are assigned on the basis of the year the isolation or identification of etiologic agents was reported.
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