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Infectious Disease Epidemiology: Theory and Practice, Second Edition

Author(s): Kenrad E. Nelson, MD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Carolyn Williams, PhD, MPH
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763728793
  • ISBN-10:0763728799
  • Hardcover    1207 pages      © 2007
Price: International Sales $188.95 US List
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Overview

SARS, West Nile Virus, Avian Flu, and bioterrorism-related Anthrax are among the many infectious diseases that dominate the discussion among public health officials and policy makers today. This timely revision of Infectious Disease Epidemiology has been thoroughly updated to cover these and many other contemporary issues in infectious diseases.

 

Updates include four new chapters on Immunology, Measles, Meningococcal Disease, and Vector-borne infections. The HIV chapter has been substantially expanded to include issues of Host Genetics as well as a review of behavioral interventions. Special attention has been given to the overlapping epidemics of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa, including a description of the activity and funding for these neglected crises. The authors have also included some basic information from the disciplines of molecular biology, immunology, and human behavior to help the epidemiologist design or evaluate programs to control infectious diseases.

 

This comprehensive, reader-friendly text is an essential resource for both students and professionals of infectious disease epidemiology.

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Part  I  METHODS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY
  Chapter  1  Early History of Infectious Disease: Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases
  Chapter  2  Epidemiology of Infectious Disease: General Principles
  Chapter  3  Study Design
  Chapter  4  Surveillance
  Chapter  5  Outbreak Epidemiology
  Chapter  6  Mathematical Modeling: The Dynamics of Infection
  Chapter  7  Geographic Information Systems
  Chapter  8  Microbiology Tools for the Epidemiologist
  Chapter  9  Molecular Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
  Chapter  10  The Immune System and Host Defense Against Infections
  Chapter  11  Vaccines: Past, Present, and Future
  Chapter  12  Nutrition and Infection
  Chapter  13  Emerging and New Infectious Diseases
  Chapter  14  Nosocomial Infections
Part  II  AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION
  Chapter  15  Epidemiology and Prevention of Infl uenza
  Chapter  16  Measles
  Chapter  17  Global Epidemiology of Meningococcal Infections
  Chapter  18  Tuberculosis
  Chapter  19  The Epidemiology of Acute Respiratory Infections
Part  III  DIARRHEAL DISEASES
  Chapter  20  Diarrheal Diseases
Part  IV  BLOOD AND BODY FLUID AS A RESERVOIR OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  Chapter  21  Human Immunodefi ciency Virus Infections and the Acquired Immune Defi ciency Syndrome
  Chapter  22  Viral Hepatitis
  Chapter  23  Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Part  VI  VECTORBORNE AND PARASITE DISEASES
  Chapter  24  Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases
  Chapter  25  Lyme Disease
  Chapter  26  The Epidemiology and Control of Malaria
  Chapter  27  Epidemiology of Helminth Infections
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Kenrad E. Nelson, MD-Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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 Williams, PhD, MPH

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  • "I was very impressed with this book. It is authoritative, comprehensive,and clearly written. Each chapter takes the reader from the fundamentals to the cutting edge of practice. I expect that it will quickly take its place as the gold standard in the field.

    —Richard M. Frankel, MD, MPH, MsEd, FCAP, Associate Professor of Pathology, Tufts University


    “ It is undoubtedly authoritative and detailed.”

    —Longjian Ciu, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Drexel University School of Public Health


    “Indeed, [the authors] have accomplished an almost impossible task: a far-reaching review of infectious disease epidemiology including state-of-the-art chapters on methodological issues, pathogenesis, and comprehensive reviews of virtually all known infectious diseases. Overall, the book is an excellent synthesis.  ...the major strength of this textbook is the collective expertise and experience of its editors and contributing authors.  ...  an outstanding textbook for students and scholars of epidemiology and related biomedical fields. In addition, it is a fantastic reference book for the informed lay public who want to learn more about infectious diseases and their epidemiology and control.”

    —American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 167, No. 8, © 2008


    "The book is wonderful. I wish I had found this book 3 years ago when I started teaching the course. All the other books I have found focus on just stats or some particular portion of epidemiology — this is a very good mix."

    —Michael A. Land PhD, Department of Biology/Microbiology, Nothwestern State University


    “It provides a thorough overview of theory and practice at the level needed for my survey course.”

    —Dr. Cassandra Arroyo, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Jiann-Ping  Hsu  School  of Public Health, Georgia Southern University
     

  • "...authoritative, comprehensive, and clearly written. Each chapter takes the reader from the fundamentals to the cutting edge of practice. I expect that it will quickly take its place as the gold standard in the field."

    —Richard M. Frankel, MD, MPH, MsEd, FCAP, Tufts University

  • "A good overall Infectious Disease Epidemiology textbook; Good examples in some of the chapters; very good updates since the previous edition."

    --David Warren, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine & Infectious Disease, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Institute for Public Health

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