1General Duty Medical Officer-II, Department of Medicine & TB, Chest Clinic Moti Nagar, North Delhi Municipal Corporation, New Delhi
2Attending Consultant, Department of Respiratory Intensive Care, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket, New Delhi
3Postgraduate Student, Department of Orthopedics, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and Postgraduate Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
*Corresponding Author Email: drsankalpyadav@gmail.com
Online published on 26 August, 2016.
The present state of emerging and re-emerging infections around the world has resulted in panic and confusion. The loss of lives due to these infections is huge. Also, the absence of clear guidelines and definitive treatment due to the paucity of literature has instilled fear among the general public. In this paper authors discuss some of these infectious diseases that have led to a state of complete chaos in the recent past.
Developing countries, Ebola virus, Swine influenza, Zika virus