Candida auris is an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat by the CDC.

To help infection preventionists quickly activate mpox prevention efforts, APIC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Task Force has created an Mpox Playbook  that IPs can download and customize for use in their facilities.

Polio, once one of the most feared diseases in the U.S., was virtually eliminated in this country, thanks to the poliovirus vaccine.

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The CDC is looking into an increase in invasive group A strep (iGAS) infections among children in the United States. iGAS infections include necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.

Measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases and the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease. Approximately 90% of susceptible persons in close contact with measles will develop the disease.

Malaria is a serious and potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that lives in blood, and while there are approximately 2,000 cases of malaria diagnosed in the United States each year, nearly all cases are among individuals who have traveled to, or come from, countries where malaria transmission occurs.

During a major emergency, large numbers of individuals may be displaced and require shelter within the community.

Avian Influenza is a disease caused by infection with avian influenza A virus. Avian Influenza can sicken and kill wild and domesticated birds. Although bird flu viruses do not normally infect people, rare cases of illness in humans from bird flu virus infections have occurred

Leprosy, scientifically known as Hansen’s disease, continues to affect people throughout the world, especially in Africa, Asia, and South America. It is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae.

Marburg virus disease (MVD) can cause a viral hemorrhagic fever clinical pattern that is similar to Ebola.

In late December 2024, Chinese media sources began reporting an outbreak of severe respiratory illnesses leading to hospital surges in northern provinces. Early reports indicated it was an unknown or new virus, and then later claiming the outbreak and hospital surges were due to human metapneumovirus (HMPV).

Ebola disease is caused by a group of four orthoebolaviruses that can infect humans and nonhuman primates, all of which cause a similar disease pattern consisting of a viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) clinical pattern.