VHFs remain a persistent public health threat: review of 2010

ABSTRACT

In the year 2010, the occurrence and spread of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers [VHFs] in the EMR continued to represent a major and persistent threat to public health. Most of these emerging infectious disease events have involved zoonotic infectious agents. A number of countries in the Region [Please see the map] have reported VHFs in 2010 signifying an increasing risk for geographic expansion of these emerging viral threats in the Region