Emerging Infections Unit
This unit tracks invasive bacterial infections, unexplained deaths and critical illnesses, and diseases that are not covered by the other units.
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
- Group A Streptococcus
- Group B Streptococcus (GBS)
- Haemophilus influenzae (invasive disease)
- Kawasaki disease
- Legionellosis
- Neisseria meningitidis (Meningococcal Disease)
- Meningitis (caused by bacterial and viral agents)
- Rheumatic fever
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pneumococcal Disease)
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)
- Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus