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Table 1 List of rare communicable diseases linked to mobility and globalisation identified throughout the euradmog study

From: European expert network on rare communicable diseases and other rare diseases linked to mobility and globalisation focused on health care provision (EURaDMoG): a feasibility study

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BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

 Anaplasmosis

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

 Ehrlichiosis

Ehrlichia spp.

 Endemic typhus, Murine typhus /flea-borne typhus

Rickettsia typhi

 Epidemic typhus

Rickettsia prowazekii

 Mediterranean spotted fever

Rickettsia conorii

 Rickettsialpox

Rickettsia akari

 Scrub typhus, Tsutsugamushi disease

Orientia tsutsugamushi

 Rocky mountain spotted fever

Rickettsia rickettsii

 African tick typhus

Rickettsia africae

 Relapsing fever

Borrelia recurrentis

 Lyme disease

Borrelia burgdoferi

 Other rickettsiosis

Rickettsia spp.

 Anthrax

Bacillus anthracis

 Tetanus

Clostridium tetani

 Trachoma

Chlamydia trachomatis

 Chancroid

Haemophilus ducreyi

 Granuloma inguinale- Donovanosis

Klebsiella granulomatis

 Actinomycosis

Actinomyces israelii

 Treponema infections Yaws

Treponema pallidum pertenue

 Buruli ulcer

Mycobacterium ulcerans

 Hansen’s disease / Leprosy

Mycobacterium leprae

 Leptospirosis

Leptospira interrogans

 Bartonellosis, Oroya fever, Carrion disease

Bartonella bacilliformis

 Bartonellosis, Trenchs fever

Bartonella quintana

 Brucellosis, Malta fever

Brucella spp.

 Melioidosis

Burkholderia pseudomallei

 Paratyphoid fever

Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi

 Typhoid fever

Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi

 Rheumatic fever

Streptococcus pyogenes

 Q fever, Nine mile fever, Quadrilateral fever, Query fever

Coxiella burnetii

 Secondary non-tropical sprue - Whipple disease

Tropheryma whipplei

 Cholera

Vibrio cholerae

 Botulism

Clostridium botulinum

Tropical pyomyositis---

 Tularemia

Francisella tularensis

 Plague

Yersinia pestis

 Diphtheria

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

FUNGAL INFECTIONS

 Chromomycosis/Chromoblastomycosis

Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa and Cladophialophora carrionii

 Madura foot /Eumycetoma

Madurella mycetomatis

 Sporotrichosis

Sporothrix schenckii

 Paracoccidioidomycosis

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

 Coccidioidomycosis, Desert fever, San Joaquin valley fever, California disease

Coccidioides immitis

 Peniciliosis

Penicillium marneffei

 Scedosporiosis

Scedosporium spp.

HELMINTH INFECTIONS

 Cystic echinococcosis, Echinococcosis

Echinococcus granulosus

 Alveolar echinococcosis

Echinococcus multilocularis

 Ancylostomiasis /Ankylostomiasis

Ancylostoma duodenale /Necator americanus

 Angiostrongyliasis

Angiostrongylus cantonensis

 Strongyloidiasis, Anguilluliasis

Strongyloides stercoralis

 Anisakiasis

Anisakis spp.

 Ascariasis

Ascaris lumbricoides

 Bilharziasis, Schistosomiasis

Schistosoma spp.

 Clonorchiasis

Clonorchis sinensis

 Opisthorchiasis

Opisthorchis viverrini

 Cutaneous larva migrans

Ancylostoma spp.

 Cysticercosis

Taenia solium

 Diphyllobothriasis

Diphyllobothrium latum

 Dirofilariasis

Dirofilaria immitis

 Distomatosis

Other trematodes-Heterophyes heterophyes, Metagonimus spp.

 Dracunculiasis, Guinea Worm disease

Dracunculus medinensis

 Fascioliasis

Fasciola spp.

 Paragonimiasis

Paragonimus spp.

 Gnathostomiasis

Gnathostoma spp.

 Hymenolepiasis

Hymenolepsis nana

 Loiasis

Loa loa

 Lymphatic filariasis

Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi

 Mansonelliasis

Mansonella spp.

 Onchocerciasis

Onchocerca volvulus

 Sparganosis

Spirometra spp.

 Taeniasis

Taenia spp.

 Trichinosis

Trichinella spiralis

 Trichuriasis

Trichuris trichiura

PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS

 Acanthamoeba infection, Keratitis

Acanthamoeba spp.

 African trypanosomiasis, Sleeping sickness

Trypanosoma brucei

 Amebiasis

Entamoeba histolytica

 Amebic meningoencephalitis

Naegleria fowleri

 American trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease

Trypanosoma cruzi

 Babesiosis

Babesia spp.

 Cryptosporidiosis

Cryptosporidium parvum

 Cyclosporiasis

Cyclospora cayetanensis

 Isosporiasis

Isospora belli

 Leishmaniasis

Leishmania spp.

 Malaria

Plasmodium spp.

 Sarcocystosis, Sarcosporidiosis

Sarcocystis hominis

VIRAL INFECTIONS

 Avian flu

Avian influenza

 Brazilian haemorrhagic fever

Sabia virus

 California encephalitis

California encephalitis virus

 Chapare haemorrhagic fever

Chapare virus

 Chikungunya

Chikungunya virus

 Colorado tick-borne disease, Mountain fever, American mountain fever, Mountain tick fever-

Colorado tick fever (CTF)

 Crimea-Congo haemorrhagic fever

CCHF virus

 Dengue fever

Dengue virus

 Ebola

Ebola virus

 Hantavirosis, Haemorrhagic fever-renal syndrome

Hantavirus

 Hepatitis D

Hepatitis D virus

 Hepatitis E

Hepatitis E virus

 Herpes B infection, B virus infection

Herpesvirus simiae, monkey B virus

 Tropical spastic paraparesis

Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1)

 Japanese encephalitis

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV)

 Junin haemorrhagic fever, Argentine haemorrhagic fever

Junin virus

 Kyasanur haemorrhagic fever,  Kyasanur forest disease, Monkey fever, Monkey disease

KFD virus (KFDV)

 La Crosse encephalitis

La Crosse virus (LACV)

 Lassa haemorrhagic fever

Lassa virus

 Lujo haemorrhagic fever, Zambian haemorrhagic fever

Lujo virus

 Machupo haemorrhagic fever

Machupo virus (MACV)

 Marburg haemorrhagic fever /Marburg virus disease

Marburg virus

 Nipah encephalitis, Nipah fever /Nipah virus disease

Nipah virus

 Omsk haemorrhagic fever

Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus (OHFV)

 Poliomyelitis, Poliomyelitis in patients with immunodeficiency deemed at risk

Poliovirus

 Rabies

Rabies virus

 Rift valley fever

Rift valley fever (RVF) virus

 Saint Louis encephalitis

Saint Louis encephalitis (SLE) virus

 Tick-borne encephalitis

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus

 Venezuelan haemorrhagic fever

Guanarito virus

 Western equine encephalitis, Western equine encephalomyelitis

Western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus

 West-Nile encephalitis, West-Nile fever

West-Nile virus (WNV)

 Yellow fever

Yellow fever virus

 Zika virus disease

Zika virus

 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

MERS-CoV

OTHER CONDITIONS

 Tick paralysis

Tick

 Cutaneous myiasis

Dermatobia hominis, Cordylobia anthropophaga

 African iron overload

 

 Ciguatera fish poisoning

 

 Tropical calcific chronic pancreatitis

Tropical pancreatitis

 Tropical pancreatic diabetes

 

 Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis (TEF)

 

 Acquired Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

prion disease

 Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly

 

 Genital female mutilation

 

 Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

 

INFECTIONS WITH PARTICULAR ASPECTS TO BE CONSIDERED

 Giardiasis

Giardia duodenalis

 Shiga-like toxin-associated HUS

E.coli (O157)

 Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis