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authors.affiliation: University of Houston.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Melosi
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000266:history*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001419:Bacteria; D015984:Causality; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000266:history*; D006663:Historiography; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000266:history*; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000266:history*; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D011639:Public Opinion; D014481:United States; D014780:Viruses