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  • Respiratory Illnesses

    Respiratory illnesses can be caused by many different viruses, including adenovirus, rhinovirus, res ...

  • MERS-CoV

    Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, MERS-CoV

    Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by the Middle East re ...

  • COVID-19

    coronavirus

    Towards the end of December 2019, authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, announced a cluster o ...

  • Oropouche

    OROV; Oropouche virus disease; Oropouche fever

    Oropouche is caused by the Oropouche virus, transmitted to humans mainly through the bite of certain ...

  • Lassa Fever

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  • Chikungunya

    Chikungunya is a viral disease that occurs mainly in tropical and sub-tropical countries. It is tran ...

  • Mpox

    The virus has two main clades: clade I, which was originally found in Central Africa, and clade II, ...

  • Bird flu H7N9

    bird flu, H7N9

    H7N9 first emerged in March 2013, when Chinese authorities reported three human infections with a no ...

  • Nipah virus

    Nipah, henipavirus

    Nipah virus is a zoonotic disease transmitted to humans from animals, such as bats or pigs. It is a ...

  • Radiation

    Radiation is a form of energy that naturally exists in the environment. It is also produced by human ...

  • Unknown Cause

    undiagnosed

    International SOS monitors reports of clusters of illness where a cause is yet to be identified. The ...

  • Zika

    Zikavirus, ZIKV,

    Zika virus (ZIKV) belongs to a group of viruses called "flaviviruses", which includes dengue and Wes ...

  • Malaria

    Malaria is a serious disease caused by Plasmodium (a parasite), transmitted through mosquito bites, ...

  • Chemical Threat

    Chemical threat emergencies refer to a release of a toxic gas, liquid, or solid that is harmful to p ...

  • Bird flu H5N1

    bird flu, H5N1

    H5N1 bird flu is a highly pathogenic avian influenza that first emerged in domestic geese in Guangdo ...

  • Bird flu other strains

    bird

    Avian influenza, or “bird flu,” refers to a group of influenza A viruses that primarily ...

  • Swine flu variants

    pig, swine, H3N2 variant, H3N2v, H1N1v, H1N2v

    There are multiple "variant" swine flu strains. Variant strains can occur when genetic material is e ...

  • Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 "swine flu"

    seasonal flu

    Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 is a strain of influenza virus causing respiratory illness in humans. This st ...

  • Influenza G4 EA H1N1

    Swine flu, G4, EA, H1N1

    Researchers studying influenza in pigs have identified the strain G4 EA H1N1 that has infected 10% o ...

  • Hendra virus

    Hendra, henipavirus

    Hendra virus (HeV) is closely related to Nipah virus. It was first identified in 1994 in Hendra, a B ...