Poll - overwhelming majority New Jersey residents worry about drug resistant disease

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* 94% say infectious diseases like the flu, tuberculosis and SARS will pose some level of threat to the U.S. in the next few years, and 79% say Americans should worry about diseases like malaria, dengue fever and cholera that mostly affect poorer countries.

* 91% of the state’s residents are concerned about drug resistance and say it is important to conduct global health research to prevent the problem worldwide.

* 88% are concerned about U.S. troops overseas being exposed to global health diseases, and 86% say American civilians benefit from health research conducted by the U.S. military.