Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

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Emerging Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed journal established expressly to promote the recognition of new and reemerging infectious diseases around the world and improve the understanding of factors involved in disease emergence, prevention, and elimination.

Toward this mission we publish original articles reporting and commenting on emerging infectious diseases from around the globe. Each year, Emerging Infectious Diseases receives more than 1,800 manuscripts, approximately 1/3 of which are published.

A comprehensive set of resources and guides to help authors submit their manuscripts has been assembled below. For additional assistance contact the EID Editors at eideditor@cdc.gov. Manuscript status can be checked by logging into Manuscript Central.

Emerging Infectious Diseases strictly enforces word limits on all articles. Please allow some flexibility by submitting counts 100-200 words below the requirement so that as the manuscript is revised, information generated by reviewer comments can be included.

Emerging Infectious Diseases now accepts and encourages high quality ‘video’ files in the following formats: AVI, MOV, MPG, MPEG, and WMV. The files should be no longer than 5 minutes in length. When uploading your movie file choose the file designation of ‘Video’. Your video upload will not convert to PDF, but will be available during the peer-review process.

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Determine Article Type Submit an Announcement Typeface	About the Journal Copyright Policy Suggested Citation
Manuscript	Policies and Guidelines
Manuscript Preparation Submit Manuscript Formatting Tables Formatting Figures and Videos	Editorial Policy Privacy Policy Guidelines for Ensuring the Quality of Information Disseminated to the Public
Writing Guides	Additional Resources
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms Capitalization Dates Geographic Designations Grammar Mathematical Modeling Guide Preferred Usage Punctuation References Scientific Nomenclature Spelling Preferences Units of Measure	Style Guides and Publications International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Internet Resources List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus Manuscript Central Medical Subject Heading from Index Medicus Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Chicago Manual of Style
Downloads	Contact Us
Author Checklist Word Format (137 KB, 1 page) PDF Format (41 KB, 1 page) Manuscript Template (48.0 KB, 5 pages) Download Instructions to Authors Summary (60 KB, 1 page) Editorial Style Guide (307 KB, 76 pages)	Email Editorial Staff Fax: 404 639-1954 If you have been assigned an editor, please contact your editor directly regarding any questions, concerns, or issues with your manuscript.

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