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Almost 10 years ago, a group of distinguished scientists and policy makers began meeting at the offices of the Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C., to consider the implications of the changing world of infectious diseases. Thought by some to be near extinction in terms of their threat to humans and animals, infectious diseases had staged a ferocious comeback. In 1992, the Institute of Medicine issued its now-famous report "Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States."¹ As the title suggests, its message was aimed at the population of the United States, but its conclusions had international implications.

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