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Volume 7, Number 7—June 2001


THEME ISSUE
International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2000
Conference Presentations

Emerging Infectious Diseases: A CDC Perspective

James M. HughesComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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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.

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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