Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology
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1994
Hodder Arnold (Verlag)
978-0-340-59237-3 (ISBN)
Hodder Arnold (Verlag)
978-0-340-59237-3 (ISBN)
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Introduces the theories behind infectious disease epidemiology, and uses real life situations where the theories have been applied. The book should be of interest to postgraduate students of epidemiology, and public health and trainees in infectious diseases and tropical medicine.
Most textbooks on epidemiology are based on chronic, non-infectious conditions, such as coronary heart disease or cancer. Many of the underlying concepts differ when studying the epidemiology of infectious disease. This book introduces the theories behind infectious disease epidemiology and uses real life situations where the theories have been applied.
Most textbooks on epidemiology are based on chronic, non-infectious conditions, such as coronary heart disease or cancer. Many of the underlying concepts differ when studying the epidemiology of infectious disease. This book introduces the theories behind infectious disease epidemiology and uses real life situations where the theories have been applied.
What is special about infectious disease epidemiology?; definitions; the concept of risk - attack rate; the case-control study - odds and odds ratios - confounding; the cohort study - rates - bias; some statistical procedures that are often used in epidemiology; clinical epidemiology - sensitivity, specificity, misclassification; multivariate analysis - interaction; survival analysis; mathematical models for epidemics; the detection and analysis of outbreaks; routine surveillance; measuring infectivity; studying the natural history of infectious diseases; seroepidemiology; the study of contact patterns; methods to decide whether or not an illness is infectious; the epidemiology of vaccination; the epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.7.1994 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-340-59237-0 / 0340592370 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-340-59237-3 / 9780340592373 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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