Dr. Julie Louise Gerberding is director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

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"Our worst fears were confirmed, " said Dr. Julie Gerberding, the CDC's director and an author of the study.

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Gerberding reiterated what she has said in prior disasters: Bodies, while perhaps horrifying to see, pose little threat of infectious disease.

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