INTERAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

METROPOLITAN CAMPUS
Dr. Jesús Santiago Mercado

Assignment 2 (timeline 2015)

Section 11497

Genna M. Pagán Barrios B00-55-7431

Susanne Ortiz Marty M00-55-1418
Luis G. Ortiz Rodríguez M00-57-9511
Antonio Otero Vázquez M00-52-6408
March 24, 2021
Timeline, year 2015:

Zika Outbreak 2015

• Indian Swine Flu outbreak (early 2015): Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (A/H1N1).
Outbreak in India. Death toll: 2,035
• Zika virus epidemic (2015-2016): ZIKV, part of the Flaviviridae. Zika was a worldwide
epidemic and was spread by Aedes mosquitoes. Death toll: 53
2019
• Measles outbreak: infectious disease caused by the measles virus.
o Democratic Republic of the Congo
o New Zealand
o Philippines
o Kuala Koh, Malaysia
o Samoa
• Dengue fever epidemic (2019-present): mosquito-borne disease caused by the dengue
virus. Death toll: 3,930
o Asia-Pacific, Latin America
• COVID-19 pandemic (2019-present): disease caused by acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). First case in Wuhan, China in December 2019. COVID-19 has
spread worldwide and lead to a global pandemic. Death toll: 2.7 million+
• Lassa Fever (Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF)) Epidemic (2019-present): a hemorrhagic
fever caused by the Lassa virus. Epidemic in Nigeria. Death toll: 246+

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