title: Cover image and description for the 1 November 2009 issue.
authors.forename: Richard I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Frankel
mesh_terms: D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history*; D009626:Terminology as Topic