When Animal Viruses Attack: SARS and Avian Influenza

Abstract
Pediatric Annals | As mankind entered the 21st century, a number of novel infectious diseases emerged suddenly and spread rapidly, endangering the lives and well-being of people around the world. These infections included HIV, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, West Nile fever, bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow" disease), and even monkeypox. The common denominator of all of these