MTP 014 AEmerging Infectious DiseasesClinical questions to be addressed:What is an emerging infectious disease?What have been the most important emerging infections of the past 25 years?Why we are we seeing so many emerging infections?How do we recognize and diagnose streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, dengue, E. coli O157 infection, variant Creutzfeldt--Jakob disease, falciparum malaria, ehrlichiosis and babesiosis, H5N1 avian influenza, and selected other emerging infections?