gazing into the crystal ball: what microbial future awaits us?
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Gazing into the crystal ball:What microbial future awaits us?
Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles
Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab
SARS: 2002-2004
Ebola – 2014-2016
Zika – 2015-2016
SARS -2002-2004
H1N1 -2009-2010
Approx. 8000 cases and 800 deaths
Characteristic high fever@SiouxsieW
Influenza H1N1: 2009-2010
Ebola – 2014-2016
Zika – 2015-2016
SARS -2002-2004
H1N1 -2009-2010
Estimated 150,000 to 575,000 deaths
Did not disproportionately infect >60@SiouxsieW
Ebola: 2014-2016
Ebola – 2014-2016
Zika – 2015-2016
SARS -2002-2004
H1N1 -2009-2010
28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths
Estimated that 17-70% of cases unreported@SiouxsieW
“the end of modern medicine as we know it”
Margaret Chan, former Director General
World Health Organization
@SiouxsieW
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