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Emerging infections: characteristics, epidemiology and global distribution

Information on the reasons behind human infectious disease emergence, including a timeline and a global map.

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UK Health Security Agency
Published
12 February 2018
Last updated
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Emerging infections: how and why they arise

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An emerging infectious disease can be either a newly recognised infectious disease or a known disease whose reported incidence within the past 20 years is increasing (or threatens to increase) in a specific place, or among a specific population.

A timeline, map and table show newly identified emerging infections and notable outbreaks of diseases in humans in new areas between 2003 and 2022.

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2025-08-11 13:48
Updated C. auris name following reclassification.

2025-05-01 09:30
Map, timeline and table updated

2023-01-05 10:28
Updated guidance.