Emerging Infections - List of agents

Chronological List of Recently Emerged Infectious Agents/Diseases

• Timeline Diagram of emerging infections since 1980 (PDF, 229 KB)

2011 Schmallenberg virus
2010 novel Bunyavirus in China (Huaiyangshan virus)
2009 Pandemic H1H1 influenza virus
2008 Plasmodium knowlesi (the 5th human malaria parasite), Lujo virus (Zambia)
2005 Human retroviruses (HTLV3 and HTLV4), Human Bocavirus, Mimivirus
2004 Simian foamy retroviruses
2003 SARS Coronavirus, Chapare virus

1999 Nipah virus, West Nile virus in USA
1997 Avian Influenza virus in humans (H5N1)
1996 nvCJD,  bat lyssaviruses (Australia, Scotland)
1995 Human Herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi sarcoma virus)
1994 Sabia virus, Hendra virus
1993 Sin Nombre virus (Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome)
1992 Vibrio cholerae O139, Bartonella henselae
1991 Guanarito virus (Venezuelan haemorrhagic fever)

1989 Hepatitis C virus, Ehrlichia chafeensis, Photorhabdus asymbiotica
1988 Hepatitis E virus, Human Herpesvirus 6
1986 Cyclospora cayatenensis, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
1985 Enterocytozoon bieneusi
1983 HIV, Helicobacter pylori
1982 Escherichia coli O157:H7, HTLV2, Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)
1981 Toxic shock syndrome associated Staphylococcus aureus
1980 Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV1)

1970-1979 Monkeypox virus, Campylobacter jejuni, Cryptosporidium parvum, Legionnaires’ disease, Ebola virus, Parvovirus B19, Hantaan virus

Last reviewed: 17 February 2012