Communicable Disease Control Handbook

This is a concise and practical handbook for all those who have responsibility for the identification and control of infectious disease. Why buy this book? It is clear and concise - combining science, attention to detail and a practical approach. It covers basic principles of communicable disease control and health protection, major syndromes, control of individual infections, main services and activities, organizational arrangements for all EU countries and sources of further information. All chapters are updated inline with recent changes in epidemiology, new guidelines for control and administrative changes. It features new or expanded chapters on immunization queries, smallpox, SARS, West Nile virus, deliberate release/bioterrorism and on-call response. 'This comprehensive and practical handbook will provide a very accessible source of detailed information for everyone in the field of communicable disease control' - Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer (from the foreword). 'This handbook will be a valuable resource for all those who are interested in control of communicable disease, including public-health physicians, epidemiologists, infection control nurses, microbiologists and those training to work in these related fields' - "The Lancet Infectious Diseases". 'This book fulfills all the needs of a practical handbook, being easy to use and packed with practical information' - "Epidemiology and Infection". 'This would be the first book to reach for in any number of day-to-day or crisis situations in communicable disease control' - "British Journal of Infection Control". 'If you undertake on-call public health duties, just buy the book' - "Journal of Public Health Medicine".

ISBN 1405124245   Pages 424 ISBN13 9781405124249 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Weight (grammes) 815 Imprint Blackwell Publishing Ltd   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780632056491 Publication date 11 Oct 2005   Height (mm) 232 Library of Congress RA643   Width (mm) 155 DEWEY 616.9   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

Sect. 1		Introduction
Sect. 2		Common topics
Sect. 3		Diseases
Sect. 4		Services and organisations
Sect. 5		Communicable disease control in Europe

"A well organized and supremely practical book to have at hand when on-call for public health or indeed microbiology and infectious diseases" Journal of Hospital Infection "A very pragmatic, well organized handbook that has been well thought out. It should be read thoroughly and kept on the bedside table to consult as necessary." Journal of Hospital Infection "Each section of the book is clearly written, and laid out so that key information is readily apparent to the reader in a hurry. An excellent text, of use to infection control nurses in acute and community settings, as well as health protection staff." British Journal of Infection Control "This comprehensive and practical handbook will provide a very accessible source of detailed information for everyone in the field of communicable disease control." Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer (from the foreword) ON THE PREVIOUS EDITION "This handbook will be a valuable resource for all those who are interested in control of communicable disease, including public-health physicians, epidemiologists, infection control nurses, microbiologists and those training to work in these related fields." The Lancet Infectious Diseases "This book fulfils all the needs of a practical handbook, being easy to use and packed with practical information." Epidemiology and Infection "This would be the first book to reach for in any number of day-to-day or crisis situations in communicable disease control." British Journal of Infection Control "If you undertake on-call public health duties, just buy the book." Journal of Public Health Medicine From the forward (of the first edition) by Sir Donald Acheson: "...(this book) seems to me to incorporate all that is best in the tradition of (the CDSC) - sound science, attention to detail and an essentially practical approach." "This outstanding and I suspect unique handbook is packed with useful information. I believe it will prove to be an essential resource for those, not only within the United Kingdom but throughout Europe, who have responsibility for the identification and control of infectious disease. It will also be an indispensable text for students aspiring to a career in this important field."

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