Volume 18, Number 7—July 2012
Research
Validity of International Health Regulations in Reporting Emerging Infectious Diseases
Table 3
Characteristics of 46 EID events of international public health concern reported to WHO*
Characteristic | No. (%) |
---|---|
Type of pathogen | |
Bacterium | 21 (45.6) |
Virus | 18 (39.1) |
Rickettsia | 2 (4.3) |
Protozoan | 3 (6.5) |
Other† | 2 (4.3) |
WHO region | |
AMRO | 17 (37.0) |
EURO | 12 (26.1) |
EMRO | 3 (6.5) |
SEARO | 2 (4.3) |
WPRO | 7(15.2) |
AFRO | 5 (10.9) |
Type of event | |
New pathogen | 19 (41.3) |
Increased incidence | 18 (39.1) |
Antimicrobial drug resistance | 8 (17.4) |
New clinical manifestation | 1 (2.2) |
*EID, emerging infectious disease; WHO, World Health Organization; AMRO, Americas; EURO, Europe; EMRO, Eastern Mediterranean; SEARO, Southeast Asia; WPRO, Western Pacific; AFRO, Africa.
†Helminth, prion, or fungus.