10 (Infectious) Diseases That Totally Changed the World

Yersinia pestis: agent of the plague

I received this interesting link from a reader. 


Although not sure how this list was compiled (popular vote, expert opinion, consensus etc), I am proud to see that infectious diseases comprises 8 out of the 10!

1. Smallpox
2. Tuberculosis
3. Autism
4. Influenza
5. Malaria
6. Cholera
7. Bubonic plague
8. Epilepsy
9. Polio: 
10. Yellow Fever