| Description |
xvi, 1207 pages : illustrations maps ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Early history of infectious disease: epidemiology and control of infectious disease -- Epidemiology of infectious diseases: general principles -- Study design -- Surveillance -- Outbreak epidemiology -- Mathematical modeling: the dynamics of infection -- Geographic information systems -- Microbiology tools for the epidemiologist -- Molecular epidemiology and infectious diseases -- The immune system and host defense against infections -- Vaccines: past, present, and future -- Nutrition and infection -- Emerging and new infectious diseases -- Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology and prevention of influenza -- Measles -- Global epidemiology of meningococcal infections -- Tuberculosis -- The epidemiology of acute respiratory infections -- Diarrheal diseases -- Human immunodeficiency virus infections and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome -- Viral hepatitis -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Emerging vector-borne diseases -- Lyme disease -- The epidemiology and control of malaria -- Epidemiology of helminth infections |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology.
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Communicable Diseases -- epidemiology.
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Disease Outbreaks.
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Epidemiologic Methods.
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| Author |
Nelson, Kenrad E.
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Williams, Carolyn Masters.
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| LC no. |
2006005286 |
| ISBN |
0763728799 |
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9780763728793 |
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