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Infectious disease epidemiology : theory and practice /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nelson, Kenrad E., Williams, Carolyn Masters
Format: Printed Book
Published: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2007.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of 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.