• An overview of emerging infectious diseases
  • Nazanin Zare,1 Mohammad Javad Forouzani-Moghaddam,2,*
    1. MSc of Pathogenic microbes, School of Science, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
    2. Msc of Food Microbiology, School of Paramedical, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran


  • Introduction: The third outbreak of coronavirus, which started in 2019 in China and affected more than 160 countries. This epidemic underscores the importance of paying attention to emerging infectious diseases. The purpose of this article is to review the emerging infectious diseases, their importance and ways to deal with them.
  • Methods: This review study is combined with the author's personal experience by referring to authoritative domestic and international sources.
  • Results: The most important ways to deal with emerging and new diseases; Support the system of active care of infectious diseases, strengthen communication and cooperation with national and international institutions, expand antimicrobial susceptibility testing, improve diagnostic capabilities to identify pathogens, increase the number of skilled personnel, expand applied research, expand reporting Accurate and timely cases of diseases at the national and international levels and the widespread use of antimicrobial drugs by the medical community.
  • Conclusion: Monitoring, rapid diagnosis of the prevalence of emerging infectious diseases, requires policy-making, education, planning, support and responsible actions of countries and health systems. These, in turn, owe their existence to a robust, flexible and intelligent health system. WHO Strategies for Combating Coronavirus Pandemic: Breaking the human-to-human transmission chain that reduces secondary infections and prevents the spread of transmission and prevents the spread, early detection and diagnosis, for example, optimal care of infected patients, reporting of risk and disease events, and finally addressing important unknowns about disease and prevalence. Transmission of infection and treatment and vaccines.
  • Keywords: Emerging diseases, Recurrent diseases, Ebola, Corona virus