title: From the AMA's Council on Scientific Affairs.
mesh_terms: D000574:American Medical Association; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology