Infectious disease epidemiology : theory and practice /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Nelson, Kenrad E., Williams, Carolyn Masters
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2007]
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Communicable diseases > Epidemiology. Communicable Diseases > epidemiology. Disease Outbreaks. Epidemiologic Methods.

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