Table 1.
Examples of zoonotic outbreaks over the past 30 years
| Pathogen | Animal reservoir | Location | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacillius anthracis | Cattle | USA | 2001 |
| Borrelia burgdorferi | Deer, mice | USA | Endemic |
| BSE/vCJD | Cattle | UK | 1996 |
| CCH | Sheep, hare | Bulgaria | 1994 |
| Ebola virus | Unknown | Sudan/DRC | 1976 |
| DRC | 1995 | ||
| Gabon | 1996 | ||
| Uganda | 2000 | ||
| Escherichia coli O157:H7 | Cattle | UK | 1996 |
| Sin Nombre virus | Rodent | USA | 1993 |
| Hendravirus | Bat | Australia | 1997 |
| HIV | Monkey | Global | Endemic |
| Influenza H5N1 | Duck, quail | Hong Kong | 1997 |
| Lassa fever virus | Rodent | Liberia/Sierra Leone | 1977 |
| Marburg virus | Monkey | Germany | 1975 |
| Monkeypox | Rodent | USA | 2003 |
| Nipah virus | Bat | Malaysia | 1998 |
| Sabia virus | Unknown | Brazil | 1994 |
| SARS | Mammals | Southern China | 2002 |
| Toxocara canis | Dog | Worldwide | Sporadic |
| VEE | Horse | Mexico | 1995 |
| West Nile virus | Bird | USA | 1999 |
| Yellow fever virus | Monkey | Africa | Endemic |
| Yersinia pestis | Rodent | India | 1994 |
BSE, bovine spongiform encephalopathy; CCH, Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever; DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; vCJD, variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease; VEE, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.