Emerging infectious diseases in coastal countries: examples from different countries on different situations

Emerging infectious disease is the present public health concern. It is an interesting issue that new emerging and remerging diseases occur elsewhere in our world in each year. The specific situation in coastal country can be a good knowledge in coastal life medicine. The aim of this article is to discuss and comment on the previous published work on different emerging infectious diseases epidemiological trend in different countries. Here, the examples on dengue, new influenza and rabies in different coastal countries (Oman, Australia and Taiwan of China) are discussed. Several aspects adding to the reported situations should be considered.