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PESTILENCE

     

Will It Ever End?



Some New Infectious Diseases Since 1976

Year
Identified
Name of
Disease
First Appeared or Were Identified
1976Legionnaires' diseaseUnited States
1976CryptosporidiosisUnited States
1976Ebola hemorrhagic feverZaire
1977Hantaan virusKorea
1980Hepatitis D (Delta)Italy
1980Human T-cell lymphotropic virus 1Japan
1981AIDSUnited States
1982E. coli O157:H7United States
1986Bovine spongiform encephalopathy*United Kingdom
1988Salmonella enteritidis PT4United Kingdom
1989Hepatitis CUnited States
1991Venezuelan hemorrhagic feverVenezuela
1992Vibrio cholerae O139India
1994Brazilian hemorrhagic feverBrazil
1994Human and equine morbillivirusAustralia

*Animal cases only.

Source: WHO

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Appeared in Awake!  November 22, 1997

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