Nephrology and Infectious Diseases

An emerging infectious disease is an infectious disease whose incidence has increased recently (in the past 20 years), and could increase in the near future. The minority that are capable of developing efficient transmission between humans can become major public and global concerns as potential causes of epidemics or pandemics.  

Emerging diseases include HIV infections, SARS, Lyme disease, Escherichia coli (E. coli), hantavirus, dengue fever, West Nile virus, and the Zika virus. Reemerging diseases include malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, pertussis, influenza, pneumococcal disease, and gonorrhea.