Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4496-8379-5 (ISBN)
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New to the Third Edition:
1.All chapters updated with significant new information
2.HIV chapter completely updated including results of trials of Male Circumcision, HIV-vaccines, female condoms, Microbicides and new drugs
3.New chapter on Infectious Disease Eradication (e.g. Smallpox, Polio, Measles)
4.New chapter on Pneumococcal Disease (with material on S. pneumonia moved from the ARI and Vaccine chapters)
5.Influenza chapter updated with new material on H1/N1 and control/prevention of Influenza during a pandemic
6.Consolidation of material from the chapters on Outbreaks and Surveillance.
7.Nosocomial Infection chapter is shortened and updated with a new section on nosocomial/community MRSA
8.Malaria chapter updated with new information on bed nets, prophylactic therapy of pregnant women and other high risk populations as well as new detailed examination of the organization, implementation, and accomplishments of the WHO—Roll-Back Malaria program; and a new description of the 5th Human Malaria parasite—P.knowlesi and its Epidemiology.
9.STD chapter is updated with new information on the rapid diagnosis of STDs using urine PCR-methods as well as new information on partner prophylacitic treatment of STDs
10.New information in Chickengunya virus, Enterovirus 71, Nipah and Hendra virus infections to the Emerging infections chapter.
11.Hepatitis chapter is revised with new information on HEV virus
12.New brief chapter discussing the various models of behavioral change that are useful in Infectious Diseases research—e.g. Health Belief model etc.
Kenrad E.Nelson, MD, is Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the Bloomberg School of Public Healthand School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He is the former director of the Infectious Disease Program in the Department of Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and is the author of numerous publications on the epidemiology of HIV, hepatitis, and infectious diseases. Carolyn Masters Williams, MPH, PhD is Chief of the Epidemiology Branch, Basic Science Program, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. She is an Epidemiologist with an interest in the epidemiology and prevention of HIV and AIDS and their associated infections. Her current experience is with multi-center clinical trials of the prevention of HIV and AIDS.
| Verlagsort | Sudbury |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 2381 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4496-8379-7 / 1449683797 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4496-8379-5 / 9781449683795 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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