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U.S. adults with knowledge of infectious diseases as of 2017

Percentage of U.S. adults that had heard of various infectious diseases as of 2017

The data shows the percentage of U.S. adults that had heard of various infectious diseases as of 2017. According to the survey, 93% of U.S. adults had heard of at least one of the listed infectious diseases. However, only 6% of respondents had heard of tularemia, a bacterial infection transmitted from animals to humans through tick and fly bites.

Any	93
Bronchitis	87
Influenza (the flu)	86
Measles	84
Meningitis	83
Syphilis	83
Lyme disease	82
Monomucleosis	66
Rock Mountain spotted fever	51
Colorado tick fever	19
Tularemia	6
Babesiosis	5
Anaplasmosis	4
Heartland virus	4
Powassan disease	4
None of the above	7

U.S. adults with knowledge of infectious diseases as of 2017

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