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NOTE: Article was the second of a three-part series on infectious diseases and the second of two articles adapted from the presentation at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases held in Atlanta, Georgia, 8-10 March 1998.. NOTE: Original File Name is /j/P/314.asm.2