title: Editorial overview: Infectious diseases.
authors.forename: Alimuddin I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Zumla
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology