emerging infectious disease agent

C27457
concept

An emerging infectious disease agent is a newly identified or previously known microorganism whose incidence in humans has increased or threatens to increase in the near future, often due to ecological, environmental, or societal changes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
zoonotic virus 2
emerging infectious disease agent canonical 1

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Tilapia lake virus
SARS-CoV-2 zoonotic virus
Hendra virus zoonotic virus