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25,000. 20,000. 15,000. Cases. 10,000. 5,000. 0. 1982. 1984. 1986. 1988. 1990. 1992. 1994. 1996. 1998. 2000. 2002. Year. Reported Lyme Disease Cases by Year United States, 1982-2002. Confirmed cases. Probable cases *.
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25,000 20,000 15,000 Cases 10,000 5,000 0 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 Year Reported Lyme Disease Cases by YearUnited States, 1982-2002
Confirmed cases Probablecases* Reported Cases of Lyme Disease by Year, United States, 1995-2012 *National Surveillance case definition revised in 2008 to include probable cases; details at http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/disss/nndss/casedef/lyme_disease_2008.htm
Nipah Encephalitis Misdiagnoised as Japanese Encephalitis Clinical Epidemiologic Laboratory
Chain of transmission among guests at Hotel M—Hong Kong, 2003 2 family members 2 close contacts Guangdong Province, China 4 family members 10 HCWs 4 HCWs* Hospital 2Hong Kong Canada F A A F G † G † 3 HCWs K † K † Ireland 156 close contacts of HCWs and patients A Hospital 3 Hong Kong H H I Hotel MHong Kong L§ J I United States E 99 HCWs (includes 17 medical students) J D B M§ Hospital 1 HK C C D E B Germany 0 HCWs Singapore HCW HCW B Vietnam Hospital 4 Hong Kong 34 HCWs 28 HCWs 2 family members 37 HCWs HCW 37 close contacts 4 other Hong Kong Hospitals Unknown numberclose contacts HCW * Health-care workers; † All guests except G and K stayed on the 9th floor of the hotel. Guest G stayed on the 14th floor, and Guest K stayed on the 11th floor; § Guests L and M (spouses) were not at Hotel M during the same time as index Guest A but were at the hotel during the same times as Guests G, H, and I, who were ill during this period. Bangkok Data as of 3/28/03
Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 • The Armageddon virus: Why experts fear a disease that leaps from animals to humans could devastate mankind in the next five years • Warning comes after man died from a Sars-like virus that had previously only been seen in bats • Earlier this month a man from Glasgow died from a tick-borne disease that is widespread in domestic and wild animals in Africa and Asia http://www.dailymail.co.uk/science
52,160 cases 231 deaths CFR-0.44% 93 countries 12/19/2019gubler2
What did These Epidemic Diseases have in Common? • All were zoonotic pathogens • Jumped species • Most had Asian origin • Clinical and laboratory diagnosis problematic • Poor communication • Transmission & spread as result of demographic and societal changes • Major economic impact