Global Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and Progress Toward Achieving Global Targets --- 2017

Published on March 21, 2019

Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease agent and the leading cause of death among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, accounting for approximately 40% of deaths in this population.

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Diagnostic Methods Used to Classify Confirmed and Probable Cases of Spotted Fever Rickettsioses --- United States, 2010--2015

March 14, 2019
Spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR), including Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), are nationally notifiable diseases in the United States caused by spotted fever group Rickettsia.

Enterovirus D68--Associated Acute Respiratory Illness --- United States, July--October, 2017 and 2018

March 28, 2019
In the fall of 2014, an outbreak of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68)-associated acute respiratory illness (ARI) occurred in the United States; before 2014, EV-D68 was rarely reported to CDC.