List of NIAID Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases
Group I—Pathogens Newly Recognized in the Past Two Decades
Acanthamebiasis
Australian bat lyssavirus
Babesia, atypical
Bartonella henselae
Ehrlichiosis
Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Encephalitozoon hellem
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Helicobacter pylori
Hendra or equine morbilli virus
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis E
Human herpesvirus 8
Human herpesvirus 6
Lyme borreliosis
Parvovirus B19
Group II—Re-emerging Pathogens
Enterovirus 71
Clostridium difficile
Mumps virus
Streptococcus, Group A
Staphylococcus aureus
Group III—Agents with Bioterrorism Potential
NIAID—Category A
- Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
- Clostridium botulinum toxin (botulism)
- Yersinia pestis (plague)
- Variola major (smallpox) and other related pox viruses
- Francisella tularensis (tularemia)
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Arenaviruses
- LCM, Junin virus, Machupo virus, Guanarito virus
- Lassa Fever
- Bunyaviruses
- Hantaviruses
- Rift Valley Fever
- Flaviruses
- Filoviruses
NIAID—Category B
- Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
- Brucella species (brucellosis)
- Burkholderia mallei (glanders)
- Chlamydia psittaci (Psittacosis)
- Ricin toxin (from Ricinus communis)
- Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens
- Staphylococcus enterotoxin B
- Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)
- Food- and waterborne pathogens
- Bacteria
- Diarrheagenic E.coli
- Pathogenic Vibrios
- Shigella species
- Salmonella
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Yersinia enterocolitica)
- Viruses (Caliciviruses, Hepatitis A)
- Protozoa
- Cryptosporidium parvum
- Cyclospora cayatanensis
- Giardia lamblia
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Toxoplasma
- Fungi
- Additional viral encephalitides
- West Nile virus
- LaCrosse
- California encephalitis
- VEE
- EEE
- WEE
- Japanese Encephalitis virus
- Kyasanur Forest virus
NIAID—Category C
Emerging infectious disease threats such as Nipah virus and additional hantaviruses.
NIAID priority areas:
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