title: What is an epidemic?  AIDS in historical perspective.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D007239:Infections / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States