emerging infection
emerging infection
Public health Any infection caused by recently recognized or 'feisty' bugs–eg, viruses–eg Ebola virus, new strains of influenza virus, hantavirus and bacteria–eg cholera, multidrug-resistantTB, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, leptospirosis, microsporidiosis, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, cyclosporiasis. Cf Reemerging infections.