There is clear evidence that intrapartum colonisation is strongly associated with EOGBS sepsis [ 7] which has a case-fatality of approximately 4%[ 1].
The CDC estimates that approximately 12,470 deaths were associated with the 2009 2010 H1N1, indicating a case-fatality of approximately 0.2% [ 39].
At the time of writing, 440 human cases have been reported with 262 fatalities, an overall case fatality rate of approximately 60% (Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/H5N1 reported to World Health Organization).
Up to the end of May 2007, the World Health Organization has confirmed more than 300 cases, with a fatality rate of approximately 60%.
Injuries to the thorax are the third most common injuries in trauma patients [1] and have an overall fatality rate of approximately 10%.
When ingested, it can cause systemic foodborne illness in susceptible populations such as the elderly, the immunocompromised, pregnant women, and neonates with a fatality rate of approximately 25% [1].
Monkeypox virus (MPV), an emerging human pathogen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and elsewhere in central and western Africa, produces an illness that shares clinical features with smallpox but is somewhat less lethal, with case fatality rates of approximately 10% [1], [2], [3].
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 630 confirmed human cases of H5N1 infection, with a case fatality rate of approximately 60% and significant economic losses [ 4- 6].
Acute exposure to aflatoxins can result in aflatoxicosis, which manifests as severe, acute hepatotoxicity with a case fatality rate of approximately 25% (Cullen and Newberne 1994).
It is often serious, with a fatality rate of approximately 1% across all age ranges, mainly due to intracerebral haemorrhage [ 4].
In contrast to West African strains, monkeypox viruses circulating in Central Africa are more virulent [6], [7], with case-fatality rates of approximately 10% among non-vaccinated individuals [8].
