Emerging Viruses in Human Populations

Introduction History of Emerging Viruses in the Late Twentieth Century and the Paradigm Observed in an Emerging Prion Disease Zoonoses in the Emergence of Human Viral Diseases Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) The Pandemic Threat of Avian Influenza Viruses The Emerging West Nile Virus: From the Old World to the New Monkeypox Virus Infections Hantavirus in the Old and New World Nipah Virus and Hendra Virus Japanese encephalitis virus: the geographic distribution, incidence and spread of a virus with a propensity to emerge in new areas Dengue and the Dengue Viruses Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Surveillance for Newly Emerging Viruses