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Event | Date | Location | Disease | Death toll (estimate) |
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Influenza epidemic | 1200 BC | Babylon, or Babirus of the Persians, Central Asia, Mesopotamia and Southern Asia | Indian Sanskrit scholars found records of a disease resembling the Flu | Unknown |
Plague of Athens | 429–426 BC | Greece, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia | Unknown, possibly typhus, typhoid fever or viral hemorrhagic fever | 75,000–100,000 |
412 BC epidemic | 412 BC | Greece (Northern Greece, Roman Republic) | Unknown, possibly influenza | Unknown |
Antonine Plague | 165–180 (possibly up to 190) | Roman Empire | Unknown, possibly smallpox | 5–10 million |
Plague of Cyprian | 250–266 | Europe | Unknown, possibly smallpox | 1 million+ |
Plague of Justinian | 541–542 | Europe and West Asia | Bubonic plague | 25–100 million (40–50% of population of Europe) |
Roman Plague of 590 | 590 | Rome, Byzantine Empire | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
Plague of Sheroe | 627–628 | Mesopotamia | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
Plague of 664 | 664–689 | British Isles | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
Plague of 698–701 | 698–701 | Byzantine Empire, West Asia, Syria, Mesopotamia | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic | 735–737 | Japan | Smallpox | 2 million (approx. 1⁄3 of Japanese population) |
Plague of 746–747 | 746–747 | Byzantine Empire, West Asia, Africa | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
Black Death | 1346–1353 | Europe, Asia and North Africa | Bubonic plague Yersinia pestis bacterium | 75–200 million (10–60% of European population) |
Sweating sickness (multiple outbreaks) | 1485–1551 | Britain (England) and later continental Europe | Unknown, possibly an unknown species of hantavirus | 10,000+ |
1489 Spain typhus epidemic | 1489 | Spain | Typhus | 17,000 |
1510 influenza pandemic | 1510 | Asia, North Africa, Europe | Influenza | Unknown, around 1% of those infected |
1520 Mexico smallpox epidemic | 1519–1520 | Mexico | Smallpox | 5–8 million (40% of population) |
Cocoliztli Epidemic of 1545–1548 | 1545–1548 | Mexico | Possibly Salmonella enterica | 5–15 million (80% of population) |
1561 Chile smallpox epidemic | 1561–1562 | Chile | Smallpox | Unknown (20-25% of native population) |
1563 London plague | 1563–1564 | London, England | Bubonic plague | 20,100+ |
Cocoliztli epidemic of 1576 | 1576–1580 | Mexico | Possibly Salmonella enterica | 2–2.5 million (50% of population) |
1582 Tenerife plague epidemic | 1582–1583 | Tenerife, Spain | Bubonic plague | 5,000–9,000 |
1592–1596 Seneca nation measles epidemic | 1592–1596 | Seneca nation, United States and Canada | Measles | Unknown |
1592–93 Malta plague epidemic | 1592–1593 | Malta | Bubonic plague | 3,000 |
1592–93 London plague | 1592–1593 | London, England | Bubonic plague | 19,900+ |
1596-1602 Spain plague epidemic | 1596–1602 | Spain | Bubonic plague | 600,000–700,000 |
1600–1650 South America malaria epidemic | 1600–1650 | South America | Malaria | Unknown |
1603 London plague epidemic | 1603 | London, England | Bubonic plague | 40,000 |
1609 Egyptian plague epidemic | 1609 | Egypt | Bubonic plague | 1 million |
1616 New England infections epidemic | 1616–1620 | Southern New England, United States, especially the Wampanoag people | Unknown, possibly leptospirosis with Weil syndrome. Classic explanations include yellow fever, bubonic plague, influenza, smallpox, chickenpox, typhus, and syndemic infection of hepatitis B and hepatitis D | Unknown (estimated 30–90% of population) |
1629–1631 Italian plague | 1629–1631 | Italy | Bubonic plague | 280,000 |
1632–1635 Augsburg plague epidemic | 1632–1635 | Augsburg, Germany | Bubonic plague | 13,712 |
Massachusetts smallpox epidemic | 1633–1634 | Massachusetts Bay Colony, United States | Smallpox | 1,000 |
1634–1640 Wyandot people epidemic of infections | 1634–1640 | Wyandot people, United States and Canada | Smallpox and Influenza | 15,000–25,000 |
1637 London plague epidemic | 1636–1637 | London and Westminster, England | Bubonic plague | 10,400 |
1641–1644 China plague epidemic | 1641–1644 | China | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
Great Plague of Seville | 1647–1652 | Spain | Bubonic plague | 500,000 |
1648 Central America yellow fever epidemic | 1648 | Central America | Yellow fever | Unknown |
Naples Plague | 1656 | Italy | Bubonic plague | 1,250,000 |
1663–1664 Amsterdam plague epidemic | 1663–1664 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Bubonic plague | 24,148 |
Great Plague of London | 1665–1666 | England | Bubonic plague | 100,000 |
1668 France plague | 1668 | France | Bubonic plague | 40,000 |
1675–76 Malta plague epidemic | 1675–1676 | Malta | Bubonic plague | 11,300 |
1676–1685 Spain plague | 1676–1685 | Spain | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
1677–1678 Boston smallpox epidemic | 1677–1678 | Massachusetts Bay Colony, United States | Smallpox | 750–1000 |
Great Plague of Vienna | 1679 | Vienna, Austria | Bubonic plague | 76,000 |
1681 Prague plague epidemic | 1681 | Prague, Czech Republic | Bubonic plague | 83,000 |
1687 South Africa Influenza outbreak | 1687 | South Africa | Unknown, possibly Influenza | Unknown |
1693 Boston yellow fever epidemic | 1693 | Boston, United States | Yellow fever | 3,100+ |
1699 Charleston and Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic | 1699 | Charleston and Philadelphia, United States | Yellow fever | 520 (300 in Charleston, 220 in Philadelphia) |
1702 New York City yellow fever epidemic | 1702 | New York City, United States | Yellow fever | 500 |
1702–1703 St. Lawrence Valley smallpox epidemic | 1702–1703 | New France, Canada | Smallpox | 1,300 |
1707–1709 Iceland smallpox epidemic | 1707–1709 | Iceland | Smallpox | 18,000+ (36% of population) |
Great Northern War plague outbreak | 1710–1712 | Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania | Bubonic plague | 164,000 |
1713–1715 North America measles epidemic | 1713–1715 | Thirteen Colonies and New France, Canada | Measles | Unknown |
Great Plague of Marseille | 1720–1722 | France | Bubonic plague | 100,000+ |
1721 Boston smallpox outbreak | 1721–1722 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | Smallpox | 844 |
1730 Cádiz yellow fever epidemic | 1730 | Cádiz, Spain | Yellow fever | 2,200 |
1732-1733 Thirteen Colonies influenza epidemic | 1732–1733 | Thirteen Colonies | Influenza | Unknown |
1733 New France smallpox epidemic | 1733 | New France, Canada | Smallpox | Unknown |
1735–1741 Diphtheria epidemic | 1735–1741 | New England, New York, New Jersey, United States | Diphtheria | 20,000 |
Great Plague of 1738 | 1738 | Balkans | Bubonic plague | 50,000 |
1738–1739 North Carolina smallpox epidemic | 1738–1739 | North Carolina, United States | Smallpox | 7,700–11,700 |
1739–1740 Thirteen Colonies measles epidemic | 1739–1740 | Thirteen Colonies | Measles | Unknown |
1741 Cartagena yellow fever epidemic | 1741 | Cartagena, Colombia | Yellow fever | 20,000 |
1743 Sicily plague epidemic | 1743 | Messina, Sicily, Italy | Bubonic plague | 40,000–50,000 |
1747 Thirteen Colonies measles outbreak | 1747 | Thirteen Colonies | Measles | Unknown |
1759 North America measles outbreak | 1759 | North America | Measles | Unknown |
1760 Charleston smallpox epidemic | 1760 | Charleston, United States | Smallpox | 730–940 |
1761 North America and West Indies influenza epidemic | 1761 | North America, West Indies | Influenza | Unknown |
1762 Havana yellow fever epidemic | 1762 | Havana, Cuba | Yellow fever | 8,000 |
1763 Pittsburgh area smallpox outbreak | 1763 | North America, present-day Pittsburgh area | Smallpox | Unknown |
Russian plague of 1770–1772 | 1770–1772 | Russia | Bubonic plague | 50,000 |
1772 North America measles epidemic | 1772 | North America | Measles | Unknown |
1772–1773 Persian Plague | 1772–1773 | Persia | Bubonic plague | 2 million+ |
1775–1776 England influenza outbreak | 1775–1776 | England | Influenza | Unknown |
1775–1782 North American smallpox epidemic | 1775–1782 | Pacific Northwest, United States | Smallpox | 11,000+ |
1778 Spain dengue fever outbreak | 1778 | Spain | Dengue fever | Unknown |
1788 Pueblo Indians smallpox epidemic | 1788 | Pueblo Indians, Southwestern United States | Smallpox | Unknown |
1788 United States measles epidemic | 1788 | United States | Measles | Unknown |
1789–1790 New South Wales smallpox epidemic | 1789–1790 | New South Wales, Australia | Smallpox | Unknown (50–70% of native population) |
1793 United States influenza and typhus epidemic | 1793 | United States | Influenza and epidemic typhus | Unknown |
1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic | 1793 | Philadelphia, United States | Yellow fever | 5,000+ |
1800–1803 Spain yellow fever epidemic | 1800–1803 | Spain | Yellow fever | 60,000+ |
1801 Ottoman Empire and Egypt bubonic plague epidemic | 1801 | Ottoman Empire, Egypt | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
1802–1803 Saint-Domingue yellow fever epidemic | 1802–1803 | Saint-Domingue | Yellow fever | 29,000–55,000 |
1812 Egypt bubonic plague epidemic | 1812 | Egypt | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
1812 Russia Typhus epidemic | 1812 | Russia | Typhus | 300,000 |
1812–19 Ottoman plague epidemic | 1812–1819 | Ottoman Empire | Bubonic plague | 300,000+ |
1813–14 Malta plague epidemic | 1813–1814 | Malta | Bubonic plague | 4,500 |
Caragea's plague | 1813 | Romania | Bubonic plague | 60,000 |
1817–1819 Ireland typhus epidemic | 1817–1819 | Ireland | Typhus | 65,000 |
First cholera pandemic | 1817–1824 | Asia, Europe | Cholera | 100,000+ |
1820 Savannah yellow fever epidemic | 1820 | Savannah, Georgia, United States | Yellow fever | 700 |
1821 Barcelona yellow fever epidemic | 1821 | Barcelona, Spain | Yellow fever | 5,000–20,000 |
Second cholera pandemic | 1826–1837 | Asia, Europe, North America | Cholera | 100,000+ |
1828–1829 New South Wales smallpox epidemic | 1828–1829 | New South Wales, Australia | Smallpox | 19,000 |
Groningen epidemic | 1829 | Netherlands | Malaria | 2,800 |
1829–1833 Pacific Northwest malaria epidemic | 1829–1833 | Pacific Northwest, United States | Malaria, possibly other diseases too | 150,000 |
1829–1835 Iran plague outbreak | 1829–1835 | Iran | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
1831–1834 Plains Indians smallpox epidemic | 1831–1834 | Plains Indians | Smallpox | Unknown |
1834–1836 Egypt plague epidemic | 1834–1836 | Egypt | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
1837 Great Plains smallpox epidemic | 1837–1838 | Great Plains, United States and Canada | Smallpox | 17,000+ |
1840 South Africa smallpox epidemic | 1840 | South Africa | Smallpox | Unknown |
1841 Southern United States yellow fever epidemic | 1841 | Southern United States (especially Louisiana and Florida) | Yellow fever | 3,498 |
1847 North American typhus epidemic | 1847–1848 | Canada | Typhus | 20,000+ |
1847 Southern United States yellow fever epidemic | 1847 | Southern United States (especially New Orleans) | Yellow fever | 3,400 |
1847–1848 influenza epidemic | 1847–1848 | Worldwide | Influenza | Unknown |
1848–1849 Hawaii epidemic of infections | 1848–1849 | Hawaiian Kingdom | Measles, whooping cough, dysentery and influenza | 10,000 |
1850–1851 North America influenza epidemic | 1850–1851 | North America | Influenza | Unknown |
1853 New Orleans yellow fever epidemic | 1853 | New Orleans, United States | Yellow fever | 7,970 |
Third cholera pandemic | 1846–1860 | Russia | Cholera | 1 million+ |
1853 Ottoman Empire plague epidemic | 1853 | Ottoman Empire | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak | 1853 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Cholera | 4,737 |
1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak | 1854 | London, England | Cholera | 616 |
1855 Norfolk yellow fever epidemic | 1855 | Norfolk and Portsmouth, England | Yellow fever | 3,000 (2,000 in Norfolk, 1,000 in Portsmouth) |
Third plague pandemic | 1855–1960 | Worldwide | Bubonic plague | 12 million+ in India and China alone |
1857 Lisbon yellow fever epidemic | 1857 | Lisbon, Portugal | Yellow fever | 6,000 |
1857 Victoria smallpox epidemic | 1857 | Victoria, Australia | Smallpox | Unknown |
1857–1859 Europe and the Americas influenza epidemic | 1857–1859 | Europe, North America, South America | Influenza | Unknown |
1862–1863 British Columbia Smallpox epidemic | 1862–1863 | British Columbia, Canada | Smallpox | 32,000 |
1861–1865 United States typhoid fever epidemic | 1861–1865 | United States | Typhoid fever | 80,000 |
Fourth cholera pandemic | 1863–1875 | Middle East | Cholera | 600,000 |
1867 Sydney measles epidemic | 1867 | Sydney, Australia | Measles | 748 |
1871 Buenos Aires yellow fever epidemic | 1871 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Yellow fever | 13,500–26,200 |
1870–1875 Europe smallpox epidemic | 1870–1875 | Europe | Smallpox | 500,000 |
1875 Fiji measles outbreak | 1875 | Fiji | Measles | 40,000 |
1875–1876 Australia scarlet fever epidemic | 1875–1876 | Australia | Scarlet fever | 8,000 |
1876 Ottoman Empire plague epidemic | 1876 | Ottoman Empire | Bubonic plague | 20,000 |
1878 New Orleans yellow fever epidemic | 1878 | New Orleans, United States | Yellow fever | 4,046 |
1878 Mississippi Valley yellow fever epidemic | 1878 | Mississippi Valley, United States | Yellow fever | 13,000 |
Fifth cholera pandemic | 1881–1896 | Asia, Africa, Europe, South America | Cholera | 298,600 |
1885 Montreal smallpox epidemic | 1885 | Montreal, Canada | Smallpox | 3,164 |
1889–1890 flu pandemic | 1889–1890 | Worldwide | Influenza | 1 million |
Bombay plague epidemic | 1896–1905 | Bombay, India | Bubonic plague | 20,788 |
1896–1906 Congo Basin African trypanosomiasis epidemic | 1896–1906 | Congo Basin | African trypanosomiasis | 500,000 |
1899 Porto plague outbreak | 1899 | Porto, Portugal | Bubonic plague | 132 |
Sixth cholera pandemic | 1899–1923 | Europe, Asia, Africa | Cholera | 800,000+ |
San Francisco plague of 1900–1904 | 1900–1904 | San Francisco, United States | Bubonic plague | 119 |
1900–1920 Uganda African trypanosomiasis epidemic | 1900–1920 | Uganda | African trypanosomiasis | 200,000–300,000 |
1903 India plague epidemic | 1903 | India | Bubonic Plague | 22 |
1903 Fremantle plague epidemic | 1903 | Fremantle | Bubonic plague | 4 |
Manchurian plague | 1910–1911 | China | Pneumonic plague | 60,000 |
1910 China plague | 1910–1912 | China | Bubonic plague | 40,000 |
1915 Encephalitis lethargica pandemic | 1915–1926 | Worldwide | Encephalitis lethargica | 1.5 million |
1916 United States polio epidemic | 1916 | United States | Poliomyelitis | 7,130 |
1918 flu pandemic | 1918–1920 | Worldwide | Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 Spanish flu virus | 17–100 million |
1918–1922 Russia typhus epidemic | 1918–1922 | Russia | Typhus | 2.5 million |
1924 Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak | 1924 | Los Angeles, United States | Pneumonic plague | 30 |
1924–1925 Minnesota smallpox epidemic | 1924–1925 | Minnesota, United States | Smallpox | 500 |
1927 Montreal typhoid fever epidemic | 1927 | Montreal, Canada | Typhoid fever | 538 |
Croydon typhoid outbreak of 1937 | 1937 | Croydon, United Kingdom | Typhoid fever | 43 |
1940 Sudan yellow fever epidemic | 1940 | Sudan | Yellow fever | 1,627 |
1942–1944 Egypt malaria epidemic | 1942–1944 | Egypt | Malaria | Unknown |
1946 China plague epidemic | 1946 | China | Bubonic plague | Unknown |
1946 Egypt relapsing fever epidemic | 1946 | Egypt | Relapsing fever | Unknown |
1947 Egypt cholera epidemic | 1947 | Egypt | Cholera | 10,277 |
1948-1952 United States polio epidemic | 1948 | United States | Poliomyelitis | ca. 9,000 in these 5 years |
1957–1958 influenza pandemic | 1957–1958 | Worldwide | Influenza A virus subtype H2N2 | 1–4 million |
1960–1962 Ethiopia yellow fever epidemic | 1960–1962 | Ethiopia | Yellow fever | 30,000 |
Seventh cholera pandemic | 1961–1975 | Worldwide | Cholera (El Tor strain) | Unknown |
1877–1977 Worldwide smallpox epidemic | 1877–1977 | Worldwide | Smallpox | 500 million |
Hong Kong flu | 1968–1970 | Worldwide | Influenza A virus subtype H3N2 H3N2 virus | 1–4 million |
1971 Staphorst polio epidemic | 1971 | Staphorst, Netherlands | Poliomyelitis | 5 |
1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak | 1972 | Yugoslavia | Smallpox | 35 |
London flu | 1972–1973 | United States | Influenza A virus subtype H3N2 | 1,027 |
1973 Italy Cholera El Tor epidemic | 1973 | Italy | Cholera (El Tor strain) | 24 |
1974 smallpox epidemic of India | 1974 | India | Smallpox | 15,000 |
HIV/AIDS pandemic | 1981–present (data as of 2018[update]) | Worldwide | HIV/AIDS | 32 million+ (23.6–43.8 million) |
1984 Western Sahara plague | 1984 | Western Sahara | Bubonic plague | 64 |
1986 Oju yellow fever epidemic | 1986 | Oju, Nigeria | Yellow fever | 5,600+ |
1987 Mali yellow fever epidemic | 1987 | Mali | Yellow fever | 145 |
1991 Bangladesh cholera epidemic | 1991 | Bangladesh | Cholera | 8,410–9,432 |
1994 plague in India | 1994 | India | Bubonic plague and Pneumonic plague | 56 |
United Kingdom BSE outbreak | 1996–2001 | United Kingdom | vCJD | 178 |
1996 West Africa meningitus epidemic | 1996 | West Africa | Meningitis | 10,000 |
1998–99 Malaysia Nipah virus outbreak | 1998–1999 | Malaysia | Nipah virus infection | 105 |
2000 Central America dengue epidemic | 2000 | Central America | Dengue fever | 40+ |
2001 Nigeria cholera epidemic | 2001 | Nigeria | Cholera | 400+ |
2001 South Africa cholera epidemic | 2001 | South Africa | Cholera | 139 |
2002–04 SARS outbreak | 2002–2004 | Worldwide | Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) | 774 |
2003 Algeria plague outbreak | 2003 | Algeria | Bubonic plague | 1 (18 cases) |
2004 Afghanistan leishmaniasis epidemic | 2004 | Afghanistan | Leishmaniasis | 0 (3,958 cases) |
2004 Indonesia dengue epidemic | 2004 | Indonesia | Dengue fever | 658 |
2004 Senegal cholera outbreak | 2004 | Senegal | Cholera | 2 |
2004 Sudan ebola outbreak | 2004 | Sudan | Ebola | 7 |
2005 dengue outbreak in Singapore | 2005 | Singapore | Dengue fever | 27 |
2006 Luanda cholera epidemic | 2006 | Luanda, Angola | Cholera | 1,200+ |
2006 Ituri Province plague epidemic | 2006 | Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Bubonic plague | 61 |
2006 India malaria outbreak | 2006 | India | Malaria | 17 |
2006 dengue outbreak in India | 2006 | India | Dengue fever | 50+ |
Chikungunya outbreaks | 2006 | India | Chikungunya virus | Unknown (cases very numerous and widespread) |
2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan | 2006 | Pakistan | Dengue fever | 50+ |
2006 Philippines dengue epidemic | 2006 | Philippines | Dengue fever | 1,000 |
2006–07 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak | 2006–2007 | East Africa | Rift Valley fever | 394 |
Mweka ebola epidemic | 2007 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Ebola | 187 |
2007 Ethiopia cholera epidemic | 2007 | Ethiopia | Cholera | 684 |
2007 Iraq cholera outbreak | 2007 | Iraq | Cholera | 10 |
2007 Nigeria polio outbreak | 2007 | Nigeria | Poliomyelitis | Unknown (69 cases) |
2007 Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Mexico dengue fever epidemic | 2007 | Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico | Dengue fever | 183 |
2007 Uganda ebola outbreak | 2007 | Uganda | Ebola | 37 |
2007 Vietnam cholera outbreak | 2007 | Vietnam | Cholera | 2 |
2008 Brazil dengue epidemic | 2008 | Brazil | Dengue fever | 67 |
2008 Cambodia dengue epidemic | 2008 | Cambodia | Dengue fever | 407 |
2008 Chad cholera epidemic | 2008 | Chad | Cholera | 123 |
2008–2017 China hand, foot, and mouth disease epidemic | 2008–2017 | China | Hand, foot, and mouth disease | 3,322+ |
2008 India cholera epidemic | 2008 | India | Cholera | 115 |
2008 Madagascar plague outbreak | 2008 | Madagascar | Bubonic plague | 18+ |
2008 Philippines dengue epidemic | 2008 | Philippines | Dengue fever | 172 |
2008–09 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak | 2008–2009 | Zimbabwe | Cholera | 4,293 |
2009 Bolivian dengue fever epidemic | 2009 | Bolivia | Dengue fever | 18 |
2009 Gujarat hepatitis outbreak | 2009 | India | Hepatitis B | 49 |
Queensland 2009 dengue outbreak | 2009 | Queensland, Australia | Dengue fever | 1+ (503 cases) |
Mumps outbreaks in the 2000s | 2009 | Worldwide | Mumps | Unknown |
2009–10 West African meningitis outbreak | 2009–2010 | West Africa | Meningitis | 1,100 |
2009 swine flu pandemic | 2009–2010 | Worldwide | Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 | 151,700-575,400 |
2010s Haiti cholera outbreak | 2010–2019 | Haiti | Cholera (strain serogroup O1, serotype Ogawa) | 10,075 |
2010–2014 Democratic Republic of the Congo measles outbreak | 2010–2014 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Measles | 4,500+ |
2011 Vietnam hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic | 2011 | Vietnam | Hand, foot and mouth disease | 170 |
2011 dengue outbreak in Pakistan | 2011 | Pakistan | Dengue fever | 350+ |
2012 yellow fever outbreak in Darfur, Sudan | 2012 | Darfur, Sudan | Yellow fever | 171 |
2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak | 2012–present | Worldwide | Middle East respiratory syndrome / MERS-CoV | 862 (as of 13 January 2020[update]) |
2013 dengue outbreak in Singapore | 2013 | Singapore | Dengue fever | 8 |
2013 Vietnam Measles outbreak | 2013–2014 | Vietnam | Measles | 142 |
Western African Ebola virus epidemic | 2013–2016 | Worldwide, primarily concentrated in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone | Ebola virus disease Ebola virus virion | 11,323 |
2013–14 chikungunya outbreak | 2013–2015 | Americas | Chikungunya | 183 |
2014 Madagascar plague outbreak | 2014–2017 | Madagascar | Bubonic plague | 292 |
2014 Odisha jaundice outbreak | 2014–2015 | India | Primarily Hepatitis E, but also Hepatitis A | 36 |
2015 Indian swine flu outbreak | 2015 | India | Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 | 2,035 |
2015–16 Zika virus epidemic | 2015–2016 | Worldwide | Zika virus | 53 |
2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak | 2016 | Angola and DR Congo | Yellow fever | 498 (377 in Angola, 121 in Congo) |
2016–20 Yemen cholera outbreak | 2016–present | Yemen | Cholera | 3,886 (as of 30 November 2019[update]) |
2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar | 2017 | Peshawar, Pakistan | Dengue fever | 69 |
2017 Gorakhpur Japanese encephalitis outbreak | 2017 | India | Japanese encephalitis | 1,317 |
2017–18 United States flu season | 2017–2018 | United States | Seasonal influenza | 61,000 (46,000-95,000)[255] |
2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala | 2018 | India | Nipah virus infection | 17 |
2018–20 Kivu Ebola epidemic | 2018–present | Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda | Ebola virus disease | 2,271 (as of 26 April 2020[update]) |
2019 measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2019–present | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Measles | 6,400+ (as of April 2020[update]) |
2019–2020 New Zealand measles outbreak | 2019–present | New Zealand | Measles | 2 |
2019 Philippines measles outbreak | 2019–present | Philippines | Measles | 338 |
2019 Kuala Koh measles outbreak | 2019 | Kuala Koh, Malaysia | Measles | 15 |
2019 Samoa measles outbreak | 2019–present | Samoa | Measles | 83 |
2019–20 dengue fever epidemic | 2019–present | Asia-Pacific, Latin America | Dengue fever | 3,930 |
COVID-19 pandemic | 2019–present | Worldwide | COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 SARS-CoV-2 virus | 362,904 (as of 29 May 2020) |