Major infectious disease outbreaks in the 21st century

Sars and Mers were both caused by coronaviruses

Sars

H5N1 (bird flu)

H1N1 (swine flu)

Cholera (Haiti)

Mers-CoV

Ebola (west Africa)

Zika

H7N9 (bird flu)

Cholera (Yemen)

Yellow fever (Brazil & central Africa)

Plague (Madagascar)

Ebola (DRC)

2019-nCoV (coronavirus)

12

14

16

18

20

2002

04

06

08

10

Sars

H5N1 (bird flu)

H1N1 (swine flu)

Cholera (Haiti)

Sars and Mers were both caused by coronaviruses

Mers-CoV

Ebola (west Africa)

Zika

H7N9 (bird flu)

Cholera (Yemen)

Yellow fever (Brazil & central Africa)

Plague (Madagascar)

Ebola (DRC)

2019-nCoV (coronavirus)

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010