Examples of Pathogenic Microbes and Infectious Diseases Recognized since 1973

Year	Microbe	Type	Disease
1973	Rotavirus	Virus	Major cause of infantile diarrhea waidwide
1975	Parvovirus Bl9	Virus	Aplasticcrisisinchronichemolyticanemia
1976	Cryptosporidium parvum	Parasite	Acute and chronic diarrhea
1977	Ebola Virus	Virus	Ebola hemorrhagic fever
1977	Legionella pneumophila	Bacteria	Legionnaires' disease
1977	Hantaanvirus	Virus	Hemorragic fever with renal syndrome (HRFS)
1977	Campylobacter jejuni	Bacteria	Enteric pathogens distributed globally
1980	Human T-lymphotropic	Virus	T-cell lymphoma-leukemia virus I (HTLV-l)
1981	Toxic producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus	Bacteria	Toxic shock syndrome (tampon use)
1982	Escherichia coli 0157:H7	Bacteria	Hemorrhagic colitis; hemolytic uremic syndrome
1982	HTLV-II	Virus	Hairy cell leukemia
1982	Borrelia burgdorferi	Bacteria	Lyme disease
1983	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)	Virus	Acquiredimmunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
1983	Helicobacter pylori	Bacteria	Peptic ulcer disease
1985	Enterocytozoon bieneusi	Parasite	Persistent diarrhea
1986	Cyclospora cayatanensis	Parasite	Persistent diarrhea
1988	Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6)	Virus	Roseola subitum
1988	Hepatitis E	Virus	Enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis
1989	Ehrlichia chafeensis	Bacteria	Human ehrlichiosis
1989	Hepatitis C	Virus	Parenterally transmitted non-A, non-B, liver infection
1991	Guanarito virus	Virus	Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever
1991	Encephalitozzon hellem	Parasite	Conjuncavitis, disseminated disease
1991	New species of Babesia	Parasite	Atypical babesiosis
1992	Vibrio cholerae 0139	Bacteria	New strain associated with epidemic cholera
1992	Bartonella henselae	Bacteria	Cat-saatch disease;bacillaryangiomatosis
1993	Sin nombre virus	Virus	Adult respiratory distress syndrome
1993	Encephalitozoon cuniculi	Parasite	Disseminated disease
1994	Sabia virus	Virus	Brazilian hemolrhagic fever
1994	Hendra	Virus	Pneumonia, immediate phase; Encephalitis, latent phase
1995	HHV-8	Virus	Associated with Kaposi sarcoma in AIDS patients
1996	Bat Lyssavirus	Virus	Encephalitis from Australian fruit bat
1997	Menangle	Virus	Stillbirth, piglets; Flu-like illness, humans
1999	Nipah	Virus	Encephalitis in swine and humans
2000	White Water Arroyo	Virus	Hemorrhagic fever syndrome
2001	Tioman	Virus	No disease cases to date