Table 2.

Some common examples of emerging and re-emerging diseases infecting human, animals or both

	Bacterial diseases	Viral diseases	Parasitic diseases
Human	• Tuberculosis • Hemorrhagic colitis (HC) and haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) caused by Shiga Toxin producing E. coli (STEC)	• Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS) • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS) • Ebola virus infection	• Malaria • Schistosomiasis
Animal	• Swine edema (by Stx2e producing E. coli) • Bartonella henselae • Pasteurella multocida infections	• Swine acute diarrhoea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV)	• Fasciola • Trypanosomiasis
Zoonotic	• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MERSA) • Leptospirosis	• West Nile fever • Rabies • Avian influenza	• Leishmaniasis • Ascariasis