A pathogen is a biological agent that causes illness or disease to its host.
Emerging means newly discovered or newly appearing in humans or newly appearing in a distinctly different geographic area.
Therefore, Emerging Pathogens or Emerging Infectious Diseases are those which have been discovered recently, within the last 10-30 years.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an emerging disease as “one that has appeared in a population for the first time, or that may have existed previously but is rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range.”
This week, we will examine some emerging pathogens and diseases!
For your main discussion post (first post),
You must choose from among the emerging human pathogens below.
It is required of all students to reserve their discussion topic using the following procedure:
Click Week 3 Discussion, above, to enter the Discussion.
Click Create Thread and type the number and scientific name of the organism you will discuss in the subject line to reserve your topic on a first come/first serve basis according to the classroom date/time stamp. Click Submit. Repeat main posts on the same organism are not permitted.
To post your main discussion you will Reply to your topic intent post.
Acanthamoeba polyphaga
Anaplasma phagocytophilium and Ehrlichia species
Australian Bat Lyssavirus
Bacillus anthracis
Bartonella henselae
Candida auris
Chikungunya Virus
Clostridium difficile
Cryptococcus gatti
Dengue Fever Virus
Ebola Virus
Enterovirus C105
Hantavirus
Helicobacter pylori
Hepatitis C Virus
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Lassa Fever Virus
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Multi-drug Resistant
Naegleria fowleri
Nipah Virus
Parvovirus B19
Powassan Virus
Seoul Virus
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS Co-V)
Vibrio cholera
Zika Virus
