Emerging Diseases

Question 1

4 Reasons we are at risk for Emerging Infectious Diseases

Answer 1

1. Population growth and income growth
2. International Trade/Travel/Migration
3. Climate Change
4. Urbanization

Question 2

What percent of new emerging infectious diseases originate in animals?

Answer 2

75%

Question 3

9 Ways the WHO Prioritizes Emerging Infectious Diseases

Answer 3

1. Human transmissibility
2. Severe or Case Fatality Rate
3. Spillover Potential
4. Evolutionary Potential
5. Available Countermeasures
6. Difficulty of Detection/Quarantine/Control
7. Public health context, geographically
8. Scope of outbreak
9. Societal Impact

Question 4

Top 3 Emerging Infectious Diseases

Answer 4

1. COVID-19
2. Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
3. Ebola

Question 5

Ways to Protect Yourself, Clients, and Staff

Answer 5

wash your damn hands, remove waste regularly, don’t clean animal habitats in your kitchen sink, sanitize surfaces appropriately, avoid mouth-to-mouth

Question 6

EID of Veterinary Importance

Answer 6

African Swine Fever, Mycoplasma bovis, Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease, Monkeypox, Lyme Disease, HPAI