Volume 11, Number 4—April 2005

Perspective

Emerging Infectious Diseases: a 10-Year Perspective from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Anthony S. Fauci*, Nancy A. Touchette* , and Gregory K. Folkers*

Author affiliations: *National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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Figure 1

Figure 1. Leading causes of death worldwide. Nearly 15 million (>25%) of the 57 million annual deaths worldwide are caused by infectious disease (6).

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