Communicable disease epidemiology and control : a global perspective /

• Main Author: Webber, Roger, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Communicable diseases > Prevention.; Communicable diseases > Epidemiology.; Laws and Regulations.; Health Economics, (New March 2000); Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General); Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000); Human Health and the Environment.; Man.; Airborne infection.; Body fluids.; Contacts.; Disease control.; Disease transmission.; Epidemiology.; Foodborne diseases.; Global warming.; Human diseases.; Infections.; Infectious diseases.; Regulations.; Skin.; Socioeconomics.; Soil.; Tropics.; Vector-borne diseases.; Waterborne diseases.; Zoonoses.; Electronic books.
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• Item Description: Includes index.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
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This second edition focuses on the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases common in tropical, developing and developed countries. It has 19 chapters. The first chapters (1-4) discuss the theory and control methods with practical help on how to implement them. Chapter 5 presents the different notification and health regulations. Chapters 6-17 describe the different aspects of infectious diseases classified according to transmission: water-washed, faecal-oral, foodborne, soilborne, waterborne, skin contact, airborne, body fluid contact, insectborne and zoonotic diseases. Chapter 18 discusses the new and potential diseases, and Chapter 19 presents a list of infectious diseases. The entire book has been revised and rearranged, and includes new sections on global warming, socioeconomic aspects, recent outbreaks that have emerged since the first edition and others that may become important in the future. This book will prove an essential tool for doctors, epidemiologists and those working in the control of infectious diseases, as well as providing a clear introduction for medical students, public health specialists and those involved in disease control.