Table 1. RNA virus outbreaks resulting... | Rockefeller University Press

Table 1.

RNA virus outbreaks resulting in death from 2000 to 2020

Virus family	Virus	Outbreak	Date	Location	Deaths	Reference
Arenaviridae	Lassa mammarenavirus	Hemorrhagic fever	2000	Germany, The Netherlands, UK, West Africa	4	WHO
			2012	Nigeria	70	WHO
			2015–2016	Benin, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo	193	WHO
			2017–present	Nigeria	246	WHO
Coronaviridae	MERS	MERS	2012 –present	Worldwide	862	WHO
	SARS-CoV-1	SARS	2002–2004	Worldwide	774	WHO
	SARS-CoV-2	COVID-19	2019–present	Worldwide	650,000+	WHO
Filoviridae	Ebola	Sudan	2004	Sudan	7	WHO
		Mweka epidemic	2007	DR Congo	187	WHO
		Uganda	2007	Uganda	37	WHO
		West Africa epidemic	2013–16	Worldwide	11,325	CDC/WHO
		Kivu epidemic	2018–present	DR Congo, Uganda	2,262	WHO
Flaviviridae	Chikungunya		2013–15	Americas	1,310+	CDC/WHO
	Dengue	Central America	2000	Central America	37	PAHO/WHO
			2004	Indonesia	658	WHO
			2005	Singapore	27	WHO
			2006	India, Pakistan	91+	WHO
			2006–2007	Philippines	2,307	GOVPH
			2007–2008	Americas	250	PAHO/WHO
		South Asia	2008	Philippines, Cambodia	1,000+	GOVPH/WHO
			2009	Bolivia	18	PAHO/WHO
			2011	Pakistan	350	WHO
			2013	Lao PDR	92	OCHA
			2016	Americas	1,032	PAHO/WHO
		Peshawar	2017	Pakistan	69	WHO
			2019–present	Asia-Pacific, Americas	3,930+	PAHO/WHO
	Japanese encephalitis	Gorakhpur outbreak	2017	India	1,317	WHO
	Yellow fever	Darfur	2012	Sudan	171	WHO
		Angola	2016	Angola, DR Congo, China, Kenya	100+	WHO
	Zika		2015–16	Worldwide	53	CDC/PAHO/WHO
			2020	Brazil	1	PAHO
Hepeviridae	Hepatitis E	Kitgum District outbreak	2007–2009	Uganda	160	WHO
		Maban County outbreak	2012–2013	Sudan	88	WHO
		Biratnagar	2014	Nepal	9	WHO
			2019	Namibia	56	WHO
Orthomyxoviridae	Influenza	H5N1 “avian” flu	2003–present	Southeast Asia, Egypt	455	WHO
		H1N1/9 “swine” flu	2009–10	Worldwide	151,700–575,400	CDC/WHO
		H7N9 “avian” flu	2013–present	China, Malaysia, Canada	616	FAO
		H1N1 “swine” flu	2015	India	2,035	WHO
		Seasonal	2017–18	USA	45,000–90,000	CDC
Paramyxoviridae	Measles		2010–14	DR Congo	4,500+	WHO
			2013–14	Vietnam	142	WHO
			2019–present	DR Congo	6,400+	WHO
		Pacific Island countries and areas	2019–present	Samoa	83	WHO
	Nipah virus	Outbreak in Keral	2018	India	17	WHO
Picornaviridae	Hepatitis A	Multistate outbreak in USA	2016–present	USA	332	CDC

Virus family	Virus	Outbreak	Date	Location	Deaths	Reference
Arenaviridae	Lassa mammarenavirus	Hemorrhagic fever	2000	Germany, The Netherlands, UK, West Africa	4	WHO
			2012	Nigeria	70	WHO
			2015–2016	Benin, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo	193	WHO
			2017–present	Nigeria	246	WHO
Coronaviridae	MERS	MERS	2012 –present	Worldwide	862	WHO
	SARS-CoV-1	SARS	2002–2004	Worldwide	774	WHO
	SARS-CoV-2	COVID-19	2019–present	Worldwide	650,000+	WHO
Filoviridae	Ebola	Sudan	2004	Sudan	7	WHO
		Mweka epidemic	2007	DR Congo	187	WHO
		Uganda	2007	Uganda	37	WHO
		West Africa epidemic	2013–16	Worldwide	11,325	CDC/WHO
		Kivu epidemic	2018–present	DR Congo, Uganda	2,262	WHO
Flaviviridae	Chikungunya		2013–15	Americas	1,310+	CDC/WHO
	Dengue	Central America	2000	Central America	37	PAHO/WHO
			2004	Indonesia	658	WHO
			2005	Singapore	27	WHO
			2006	India, Pakistan	91+	WHO
			2006–2007	Philippines	2,307	GOVPH
			2007–2008	Americas	250	PAHO/WHO
		South Asia	2008	Philippines, Cambodia	1,000+	GOVPH/WHO
			2009	Bolivia	18	PAHO/WHO
			2011	Pakistan	350	WHO
			2013	Lao PDR	92	OCHA
			2016	Americas	1,032	PAHO/WHO
		Peshawar	2017	Pakistan	69	WHO
			2019–present	Asia-Pacific, Americas	3,930+	PAHO/WHO
	Japanese encephalitis	Gorakhpur outbreak	2017	India	1,317	WHO
	Yellow fever	Darfur	2012	Sudan	171	WHO
		Angola	2016	Angola, DR Congo, China, Kenya	100+	WHO
	Zika		2015–16	Worldwide	53	CDC/PAHO/WHO
			2020	Brazil	1	PAHO
Hepeviridae	Hepatitis E	Kitgum District outbreak	2007–2009	Uganda	160	WHO
		Maban County outbreak	2012–2013	Sudan	88	WHO
		Biratnagar	2014	Nepal	9	WHO
			2019	Namibia	56	WHO
Orthomyxoviridae	Influenza	H5N1 “avian” flu	2003–present	Southeast Asia, Egypt	455	WHO
		H1N1/9 “swine” flu	2009–10	Worldwide	151,700–575,400	CDC/WHO
		H7N9 “avian” flu	2013–present	China, Malaysia, Canada	616	FAO
		H1N1 “swine” flu	2015	India	2,035	WHO
		Seasonal	2017–18	USA	45,000–90,000	CDC
Paramyxoviridae	Measles		2010–14	DR Congo	4,500+	WHO
			2013–14	Vietnam	142	WHO
			2019–present	DR Congo	6,400+	WHO
		Pacific Island countries and areas	2019–present	Samoa	83	WHO
	Nipah virus	Outbreak in Keral	2018	India	17	WHO
Picornaviridae	Hepatitis A	Multistate outbreak in USA	2016–present	USA	332	CDC

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; DR Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo; FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States; GOVPH, Philippines Department of Health; Lao PDR, Lao People's Democratic Republic; OCHA, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; PAHO, Pan American Health Organization; UK, United Kingdom; USA, United States of America.

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