This comprehensive text applies the fundamentals of epidemiology to the study of infectious diseases (ID). In the first section, readers will learn about basic epidemiologic methods for the study of ID plus be introduced to newer techniques like geographical information systems, mathematical modeling, and genetic laboratory tools. In the second section, the book covers major infectious diseases to illustrate both the range of techniques and issues vital to epidemiologists, and to highlight those diseases which have a major impact on health around the world. These include the disease of high mortality and morbidity such as malaria, HIV, STDs, diarrhea, and those with unique epidemiology such as parasitic diseases and Lyme disease.
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"...the authors should be congratulated. Anyone wishing to learn the fundamentals principles of infectious disease epidemiology, this book is for them." -- The Epidemiology Monitor, October 2000
"This book brings together an impressive array of subject matter..." -- International Journal of Epidemiology
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- PublisherAspen Pub
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 083421766X
- ISBN 13 9780834217669
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages748
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