Title: Infectious disease epidemiology : theory and practice /
Authors: Nelson, Kenrad E.; Williams, Carolyn Masters.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Communicable diseases Epidemiology; Communicable Diseases epidemiology; Disease Outbreaks; Epidemiologic Methods
Abstract: Covers a range of essential topics from a survey of important historical epidemics to study designs for infectious disease investigations. The first part of the text covers ID epidemiology background and methodology, whereas the second focuses on specific diseases as examples of different transmission modalities. TB, HIV and Influenza are among the pathogens discussed in great detail. Includes four new chapters on immunology, measles, meningococcal disease, and vector-borne infections. The HIV chapter has been expanded to include issues of host genetics as well as a review of behavioral interventions.
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.