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Larger outbreaks have occurred in South Korea in 2015 and in Saudi Arabia in 2018. [7] [1] MERS-CoV is a virus in the coronavirus family believed to be originally from bats. [1] However, humans are typically infected from camels, either during direct contact or indirectly through respiratory droplets. [1]
The virus, which causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), is a novel coronavirus that was first identified in a patient from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 6 June 2012. Sporadic cases, small clusters, and large outbreaks have been reported in 24 countries, with over 2,600 cases of the virus and over 900 deaths, as of 2021. [2]
2009 swine flu pandemic in the United States; 2011 United States listeriosis outbreak; 2012 outbreak of Salmonella; 2012–2013 flu season; 2014 enterovirus D68 outbreak; 2015 Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreaks; 2015 United States E. coli outbreak; 2015 United States H5N2 outbreak; 2016 United States Elizabethkingia outbreak; 2017–2018 ...
Pacific Northwest, United States Malaria, possibly other diseases too 150,000 [139] [140] 1829–1835 Iran plague outbreak 1829–1835 Iran: Bubonic plague: Unknown [141] 1834–1836 Egypt plague epidemic 1834–1836 Egypt: Bubonic plague: Unknown [142] 1837 Great Plains smallpox epidemic: 1837–1838 Great Plains, United States and Canada ...
The virus MERS-CoV is a member of the beta group of coronavirus, Betacoronavirus, lineage C. MERS-CoV genomes are phylogenetically classified into two clades, clade A and B. The earliest cases were of clade A clusters, while the majority of more recent cases are of the genetically distinct clade B. [10]
2008 United States salmonellosis outbreak; 2009 swine flu pandemic in the United States; 2011 United States listeriosis outbreak; 2012 outbreak of Salmonella; 2012–2013 flu season; 2014 enterovirus D68 outbreak; 2015 United States E. coli outbreak; 2015 United States H5N2 outbreak; 2016 United States Elizabethkingia outbreak; 2017–2018 ...
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This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll, caused by infectious disease, heavy metals, chemical contamination, or from natural toxins, such as those found in poisonous mushrooms. Before modern microbiology, foodbourne illness was not understood, and, from the mid 1800s to early-mid 1900s, was perceived as ptomaine poisoning ...