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. 2013 Dec 20;21(5):792–800. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002139

Box 1.

Pathogen names

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Vibrio cholera
Hepatitis A virus Chikungunya virus
Listeria monocytogenes West Nile virus
Neisseria meningitides Rickettsia prowazekii
Respiratory syncytial virus Bordetella pertussis
Rotavirus Japanese encephalitis virus
Salmonella species Legionella pneumophila
Shigella species Leptospira interrogans
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Strep) Burkholderia pseudomallei
Streptococcus pneumonia Clostridium botulinum
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Beta Hemolytic Strep) Coxiella burnetii
Yersinia enterocolitica Rickettsia typhi
Campylobacter species Borrelia burgdorferi
Influenza virus Francisella tularensis
Parainfluenza virus Orientia tsutsugamushi
Measles virus Varicella-Zoster virus
Mumps virus Bartonella henselae
Rubella virus Toxoplasma gondii
Enterovirus Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Corynebacterium diphtheriae Hepatitis B virus
Dengue virus Hepatitis C virus
Plasmodium vivax, P malariae, P falciparum, P ovale Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, multi-drug resistant (MDR-TB)
Entamoeba histolytica Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (TB)
STEC (E. coli O157:H7, E. coli O157:NM) Treponema pallidum
Hantavirus