title: Epidemiologic classics.
abstract: Epidemiology is the study of the relationships of the various factors determining the frequency and distribution of disease in a human community; the field of medicine concerned with the determination of the specific causes of localized outbreaks such as hepatitis,..., or any other disease of recognized etiology.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Woodward
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history; D002007:Brucellosis, Bovine / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission; D002417:Cattle; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history* / Q000635:transmission; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary*; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D051381:Rats; D014438:Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission; D014481:United States; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission