Table 1 Pathogen rankings following the data-driven AHP approach and the expert re-ranking. AHP, analytical hierarchy process; spp., species. *Serogroups A, B, C, W-135, Y, and X; †Types A, B and C; ‡Types 1, 2 and 3

Rank

Pathogen

Pathogen

Change in rank

1

Plasmodium spp

Typhoidal Salmonella

↑

2

Cryptococcus spp.*

Plasmodium spp

↓

3

Mycobacteria tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

no change

4

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

↑

5

Klebsiella spp

Staphylococcus aureus

↑

6

Neisseria meningitidis (serogroups A, B, C, W-135, Y, and X)

Non-typhoidal Salmonella

↑

7

Shigella spp

Escherichia coli

↑

8

Burkholderia pseudomallei

Neisseria meningitidis (serogroups A, B, C, W-135, Y, and X)

↓

9

Streptococcus pneuomiae

Rickettsia spp

↑

10

Orientia tsutsugamushi

Klebsiella spp

↓

11

Typhoidal Salmonella

Leptospira spp.

↑

12

Haemophilus influenzae

Cryptococcus spp

↓

13

Pseudomonas spp

Brucella spp

↑

14

Acinetobacter baumannii

Shigella spp

↓

15

Rickettsia spp

Orientia tsutsugamushi

↓

16

Leptospira spp

Haemophilus influenzae

↓

17

Escherichia coli

Burkholderia pseudomallei

↓

18

Staphylococcus aureus

Pseudomonas spp.

↓

19

Brucella spp

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)

↓

20

Non-typhoidal Salmonella

Acinetobacter baumannii

↓

21

Histoplasma capsulatum

Influenza virus A, B, and C

↑

22

Coxiella burnetii

Dengue virus 1, 2, and 3

↑

23

Proteus mirabilis*

Coxiella burnetii

↓

24

Enterobacter spp

Histoplasma capsulatum

↓

25

Citrobacter spp.*

Leishmania donovani/ infantum

New

26

Influenza virus A, B, and C

Group B Streptococcus⁺

New

27

Borrelia recurrentis

Lassa fever⁺

New

28

Japanese encephalitis virus*

Enterococcus faecalis⁺

New

29

Yellow fever virus*

Enterobacter spp.⁺

New

30

West Nile virus*

Borrelia recurrentis

↓

31

Dengue virus 1, 2, and 3

Chikungunya virus

↓

32

Chikungunya virus