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Modern infectious disease epidemiology / Johan Giesecke.

By: Giesecke, Johan.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Arnold, 1994Description: viii, 256 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 0340592370.Subject(s): Epidemiology | Communicable diseasesDDC classification: 614.5
Contents:
What is special about infectious disease epidemiology? -- Definitions -- Risk, relative risk and attack rate -- The case-control study: odds, odds rations. The concept of confounding -- The cohort study: rates. The concept of bias -- Some statistical procedures that are often used in epidemiology -- Clinical epidemiology: sensitivity, specificity, misclassification -- Multivariate analysis and interaction -- Survival analysis -- Mathematical models for epidemics -- Detection and analysis of outbreaks -- Routine surveillance of infectious diseases -- 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.
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General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 614.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00018671
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references.

What is special about infectious disease epidemiology? -- Definitions -- Risk, relative risk and attack rate -- The case-control study: odds, odds rations. The concept of confounding -- The cohort study: rates. The concept of bias -- Some statistical procedures that are often used in epidemiology -- Clinical epidemiology: sensitivity, specificity, misclassification -- Multivariate analysis and interaction -- Survival analysis -- Mathematical models for epidemics -- Detection and analysis of outbreaks -- Routine surveillance of infectious diseases -- 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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface to the second edition (p. ix)
  • Preface to the first edition (p. x)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Chapter 1 What is special about infectious disease epidemiology? (p. 3)
  • Chapter 2 Definitions (p. 8)
  • Chapter 3 Descriptive epidemiology (p. 21)
  • Chapter 4 Risk, relative risk and attack rate (p. 27)
  • Chapter 5 The case-control study: odds, odds, ratios--the concept of confounding (p. 35)
  • Chapter 6 The cohort study: rates--the concept of bias (p. 51)
  • Chapter 7 Some statistical procedures that are often used in epidemiology (p. 64)
  • Chapter 8 Clinical epidemiology: sensitivity, specificity, misclassification (p. 80)
  • Chapter 9 Multivariate analysis and interaction (p. 91)
  • Chapter 10 Survival analysis (p. 108)
  • Chapter 11 Mathematical models for epidemics (p. 119)
  • Chapter 12 Detection and analysis of outbreaks (p. 133)
  • Chapter 13 Routine surveillance of infectious diseases (p. 148)
  • Chapter 14 Measuring infectivity (p. 160)
  • Chapter 15 Studying the natural history of infectious diseases (p. 176)
  • Chapter 16 Seroepidemiology (p. 188)
  • Chapter 17 The study of contact patterns (p. 200)
  • Chapter 18 Methods for deciding whether or not an illness is infectious (p. 215)
  • Chapter 19 The epidemiology of vaccination (p. 226)
  • Chapter 20 The epidemiology of AIDS and variant CJD (p. 241)
  • Chapter 21 Further reading (p. 259)
  • Index (p. 260)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Johan Giesecke, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, and Huddinge Hospital, Sweden.

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