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... By the mid-1960s, many experts concluded that infectious disease was all but conquered, and researchers could shift their focus to chronic medical conditions such as heart disease and cancer. But this optimism was shaken in the mid-1970s and early 1980s with the appearance of Legionnaire's disease, toxic shock syndrome, and HIV/AIDS.


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