title: Ignaz Semmelweis and the birth of infection control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4945, USA. dvn@case.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neuhauser
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D049672:History, 19th Century; D017053:Infection Control / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000266:history*; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control