Emerging and re - emerging infectious diseases , and their determinants , have recently attracted substantial scientific and popular attention .
that emerging diseases , <*> have occurred throughout recorded history .
Emerging and re - emerging infectious diseases , and their determinants , have recently attracted substantial scientific and popular attention .
By examining a number of historically notable epidemics , we suggest that emerging diseases , similar in their novelty , impact , and elicitation of control responses , have occurred throughout recorded history .