Infectious disease epidemiology : theory and practice /

Infectious disease epidemiology : theory and practice / edited by Kenrad E. Nelson, Carolyn Masters Williams, Neil M.H. Graham. - Gaithersburg, Md.; London : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2004. - xx, 748 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Methods in infectious disease epidemiology. Early history of infectious disease: epidemiology and control of infectious diseases -- Epidemiology of infectious disease: general principles -- Study design -- Surveillance -- Outbreak epidemiology -- Mathematical modeling: the dynamics of infection -- Microbiology tools for the epidemiologist -- Molecular epidemiology and infectious diseases -- Geographic information systems -- Vaccines--past, present and future -- Nutrition and infectious diseases. Pt. 2. Emerging and nosocomial infections. Emerging and new infectious diseases --Nosocomial infections. Pt. 3. Airborne transmission. Tuberculosis -- Epidemiology of acute respiratory infections -- Epidemiology and prevention of influenza. Pt. 4. Diarrheal diseases. Diarreheal diseases. Pt. 5. Blood and body fluid as a reservoir of infectious diseases. Review of the epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome -- Viral hepatitis -- Sexually transmitted diseases. Pt. 6. Vectoborne and parasite diseases. Lyme disease -- Epidemiology and control of malaria -- Epidemiology of helminth infections.

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