History of Quarantine – Past, Present and future. Are we in Same Platform ?

摘要

History of the world has been intertwined with the impact of infectious disease over its population. Evidence of smallpox has been found in 3000 years old Egyptian Mummy. Hippocrates had clearly written that diseases spread by “air, fomite, and places”. Centuries after centuries, infectious diseases have influenced political, social and economic balance of many countries. Plague of Athens changed power equation between Athens and Sparta, ending the golden age of Athenian predominance. Alexander the Great defeated Puru, the great Indian Warrior but was helplessly defeated at the age of 33 by tropical fever. During age of exploration Europeans invaded different continents like Asia, Africa, Latin America and brought vectors and organisms to non-endemic parts of world. Thus infectious disease became a global problem.