title: The impact of tuberculosis on civilization.
abstract: Tuberculosis is an ancient disease that has spread in epidemic form among susceptible peoples but has had a little demographic or political impact on the populations it has inflicted. The disease continues to have a large economic impact on societies in which it is prevalent. Tuberculosis has left its mark on human creativity; on the lives of individuals in music, art, and literature; and dramatically on the advance of biomedical science and healthcare.
authors.affiliation: Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Daniel
mesh_terms: D002962:Civilization / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history*