Year

Pathogen

Disease

I. Human viral diseases discovered since mid 1960s

1967

Marburg virus

Hemorrhagic fever

1973

Rotavirus

Major cause of infantile diarrhoea worldwide

1975

Parvovirus

Aplastic crisis in chronic hemolytic anemia

1977

Ebola virus

Ebola hemorrhagic fever

1977

Hanta virus

Hemorrhagic fever with renal with renal syndrome

1980

Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus 1

Adult T-cell leukemia

1982

Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus 2

Hairy-cell leukemia

1983

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

1988

Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6)

Sixth disease (roseola subitum); may be associated with multiple sclerosis

1989

Hepatitis E

Enterically  transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis

1991

Guanarito virus

Parenterally transmitted non-A, non-B liver infection

1992

Lymphocytic choriomeningitid virus

Central nervous system infection often leading to meningitis, encephalomyelitis, or other diseases

1993

 Sin Nombre virus

Adult respiratory distress syndrome

1994

Sabia virus

Adult respiratory distress syndrome

1995

Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8)

Associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma in AIDS patients

1996

O’ nyoung-nyoung virus

Epidemic O’ nyoung fever

1997

Deer tick virus

Enzootic tick-borne encephalitis

1997

West Nile virus

West Nile fever

1997

Chicken flu (H5N1) virus

Influenza like illness

1997

Transfusion-transmitted virus (TTV)

Hepatitis

1999

Australian bat lyssavirus (ABL)

ABL infection