title: Infectious diseases--past, present, and future.
authors.forename: Philip S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Brachman
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans