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Modern infectious disease epidemiology / by Johan Giesecke.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Arnold ; New York, NY : Distributed in the USA by Oxford University Press, c2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780340764237
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.4 21
LOC classification:
  • RA651 .G54 2002
NLM classification:
  • 2001 O-432
  • WC 100
Online resources:
Contents:
Ch. 1. What is special about infectious disease epidemiology? Ch. 2. Definitions Ch. 3. Descriptive epidemiology Ch. 4. Risk, relative risk and attack rate Ch. 5. The case-control study: odds, odds ratios the concept of confounding Ch. 6. The cohort study: rates the concept of bias Ch. 7. Some statistical procedures that are often used in epidemiology Ch. 8. Clinical epidemiology: sensitivity, specificity, misclassification Ch. 9. Multivariate analysis and interaction Ch. 10. Survival analysis Ch. 11. Mathematical models for epidemics Ch. 12. Detection and analysis of outbreaks Ch. 13. Routine surveillance of infectious diseases Ch. 14. Measuring infectivity Ch. 15. Studying the natural history of infectious diseases Ch. 16. Seroepidemiology Ch. 17. The study of contact patterns Ch. 18. Methods for deciding whether or not an illness is infectious Ch. 19. The epidemiology of vaccination. Ch. 20. The epidemiology of AIDS and variant CJD Ch. 21. Further reading
Summary: Written from an infectious disease perspective throughout, this book aims to teach epidemiology to those with a background in this field. Divided into two parts, the first covers the tools of epidemiology and the second covers the role of contact pattern from an assessment angle
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. What is special about infectious disease epidemiology?
Ch. 2. Definitions
Ch. 3. Descriptive epidemiology
Ch. 4. Risk, relative risk and attack rate
Ch. 5. The case-control study: odds, odds ratios
the concept of confounding
Ch. 6. The cohort study: rates
the concept of bias
Ch. 7. Some statistical procedures that are often used in epidemiology
Ch. 8. Clinical epidemiology: sensitivity, specificity, misclassification
Ch. 9. Multivariate analysis and interaction
Ch. 10. Survival analysis
Ch. 11. Mathematical models for epidemics
Ch. 12. Detection and analysis of outbreaks
Ch. 13. Routine surveillance of infectious diseases
Ch. 14. Measuring infectivity
Ch. 15. Studying the natural history of infectious diseases
Ch. 16. Seroepidemiology
Ch. 17. The study of contact patterns
Ch. 18. Methods for deciding whether or not an illness is infectious
Ch. 19. The epidemiology of vaccination. Ch. 20. The epidemiology of AIDS and variant CJD
Ch. 21. Further reading

Written from an infectious disease perspective throughout, this book aims to teach epidemiology to those with a background in this field. Divided into two parts, the first covers the tools of epidemiology and the second covers the role of contact pattern from an assessment angle

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