Unheard of by most people, it is also the pathogen with the highest death rate, killing more than 500 Americans a year.

ECONOMIST: Food poisoning

The suspected pathogen is known as human endogenous retrovirus W, or HERV-W. It was first identified in 2001 by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

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