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Emerging diseases

An emerging disease is one that has appeared in a population for the first time, or that may have existed previously but is rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range.

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- Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
- Emerging diseases (Region of the Americas - PAHO)
- Emerging, re-emerging and other communicable diseases (African Region)

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- Emerging zoonoses


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