| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 443 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Statistics for biology and health, 1431-8776 |
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Statistics for biology and health.
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| Contents |
Part I: Challenges -- The global burden of infectious diseases / Paulo Pinheiro, Colin D. Mathers, and Alexander Krämer -- Global challenges of infectious disease epidemiology / Alexander Krämer and Md. Mobarak Hossain Khan -- Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases / Thomas Löscher and Luise Pruffer-Kramer -- Infectious disease control policies and the role of governmental and intergovernmental organisations / Gerard Krause -- Part II: General concepts and methods -- Principles of infectious disease epidemiology / Alexander Kramer, Manas Akmatov, and Mirjam Kretzschmar -- Social risk factors / Klaus Krickeberg and David Klemperer -- Molecular typing and clustering analysis as a tool for epidemiology of infectious diseases / Sylvia M. Bruisten and Leo Schouls -- Epidemiologic surveillance / Ralf Reintjes and Klaus Krickeberg -- Outbreak investigations / Ralf Reintjes and Aryna Zanuzdana -- Geographic information systems / Patrick Hostert and Oliver Gruebner -- Methods and concepts of epidemiology / Rafael Mikolajczyk -- Mathematical models in infectious disease epidemiology / Mirjam Kretzschmar and Jacco Wallinga -- Immunity to infectious diseases / Timo Ulrichs -- Principles and practice of vaccinology / Richard Pebody and Mirjam Kretzschmar -- Health economics of infectious diseases / Robert Welte [and others] -- Part III: Epidemiology of particular infectious diseases -- Airborne transmission: Influenza and tuberculosis / Timo Ulrichs -- Infectious childhood diarrhea in developing countries / Charles P. Larson [and others] -- Bloodborne and sexual transmission: HIV/AIDS / Charlotte van den Berg, Karen Lindenburg, and Roel Coutinho -- Blood borne and sexual transmission: Hepatitis B and C / Freke Zuure [and others] -- Sexual transmission: Chlamydia trachomatis / Robert E. Johnson and Stuart M. Berman -- Vector-borne transmission: Malaria, dengue, and yellow fever / Tomas Jelinek -- Nosocomial transmission: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) / M.J.M. Bonten and M.C.J. Bootsma -- Infectious diseases and cancer: HPV / Helen Trottier and Eduardo L. Franco |
| Summary |
Hardly a day goes by without news headlines concerning infectious disease threats. Currently the spectre of a pandemic of influenza A |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Epidemiology.
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Epidemiology -- Mathematical models
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Communicable diseases
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Epidemics.
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Epidemics
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Communicable Disease Control
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Communicable Diseases -- epidemiology
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Epidemiologic Methods
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Epidemiology
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Communicable Diseases
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epidemics.
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MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment.
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MEDICAL -- Epidemiology.
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Epidemiología -- Modelos matemáticos
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Epidemics
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Communicable diseases
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Epidemiology
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Epidemiology -- Mathematical models
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Krämer, Alexander.
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Kretzschmar, Mirjam.
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Krickeberg, Klaus.
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| ISBN |
9780387938356 |
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0387938354 |
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0387938346 |
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9780387938349 |
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