Authors: Martha Powell, Future Science Group
Disease surveillance and outbreak prediction is a huge priority for public health, and there is ongoing research to improve our capacity for this. However, the biggest disease outbreak stories of the year are often those we don’t expect.
Here, we look back at some of the largest epidemics from 2017 and their impacts, from an unexpected outbreak of plague in Madagascar to the ongoing concern of avian influenza in Asia, read on to learn more.
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What about Lassa fever in Nigeria with over 100 deaths, or Yellow fever in Brazil with similar figures.
Hi Magnus,
This was put together based on the magnitude of case numbers throughout 2017, but both Lassa and Yellow fever were both also considerable outbreaks. Do you think in future this should be based on mortalities, as opposed to cases?
Martha Powell (Editor, Infectious Diseases Hub)