Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control : A Global Perspective.
Title:
Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control : A Global Perspective.
Author:
Webber, R.
ISBN:
9780851990743
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (328 pages)
Contents:
Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control A Global Perspective -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Elements of Communicable Diseases -- 2. Communicable Disease Theory -- 3. Control Principles and Methods -- 4. Control Strategy and Organization -- 5. Notification and Health Regulations -- 6. Classification of Communicable Diseases -- 7. Water-washed Diseases -- 8. Faecal-Oral Diseases -- 9. Food-borne Diseases -- 10. Diseases of Soil Contact -- 11. Diseases of Water Contact -- 12. Skin Infections -- 13. Respiratory Diseases and Other AirborneTransmitted Infections -- 14. Diseases Transmitted Via Body Fluids -- 15. Insect-borne Diseases -- 16. Ectoparasite Zoonoses -- 17. Domestic and Synanthropic Zoonoses -- 18. New and Potential Diseases -- 19. List of Communicable Diseases -- Index.
Abstract:
Communicable diseases are community problems, which can devastate whole populations, in both developing and developed countries. Epidemiology is the science of communities that looks at many individuals to try and discover common features in them.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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