Korean J Med.  2022 Oct;97(5):277-283. 10.3904/kjm.2022.97.5.277.

Post COVID-19 Emerging Infectious Diseases: What is the Next Pandemic Agent?

• Choi YH

• KMID: 2534381
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2022.97.5.277

Abstract

Emerging infectious diseases are increasing recently and globally. We have a long list of infectious disease epidemic in the 21th century followed by SARS, MERS, Ebola virus disease, and Zika virus infection. COVID-19 is a still ongoing pandemic. What will be the next pandemic agent? The World Health Organization proposed a research and development blueprint regarding global pandemic in 2016. The United Kingdom maintains a list of high consequence infectious diseases and is monitoring them. The Republic of Korea designates Class 1 infectious diseases capable of causing outbreak or epidemic. This article briefly describes several infectious diseases and its causative pathogen that should receive special attention.

Keyword

판데믹; 신종감염병; Pandimics; Communicable diseases, emerging