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Presentation from the 2000 Emerging Infectious Diseases Conference in Atlanta, Georgia

Emerging Infectious Diseases: A CDC Perspective

James M. Hughes, M.D.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Figure 1. Deaths resulting from infectious diseases decreased markedly in the U.S. during most of the 20th century. However, between 1980 and 1992, the death rate from infectious diseases increased 58%. The sharp increase in infectious disease deaths in 1918 and 1919 was caused by an influenza pandemic, which killed more than 20 million people.

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Figure 1. Deaths resulting from infectious diseases decreased markedly in the U.S. during most of the 20th century. However, between 1980 and 1992, the death rate from infectious diseases increased 58%. The sharp increase in infectious disease deaths in 1918 and 1919 was caused by an influenza pandemic, which killed more than 20 million people.
 


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