Concise and practical handbook for all those who haveresponsibility for the identification and control of infectiousdisease
Why Buy this Book?:
- Clear and concise - combining science, attention to detail anda practical approach
- Covers basic principles of communicable disease control andhealth protection, major syndromes, control of individualinfections, main services and activities, organizationalarragements for all EU countries and sources of furtherinformation
- All chapters updated inline with recent changes inepidemiology, new guidelines for control and adminstrativechanges
- New or expanded chapters on immunization queries, smallpox,SARS, West Nile virus, delibrate release / bioterrorism and on-callresponse
"This comprehensive and practical handbook will provide a veryaccessible source of detailed information for everyone in the fieldof communicable disease control."
Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer (from theforeword)
"This handbook will be a valuable resource for all those who areinterested in control of communicable disease, includingpublic-health physicians, epidemiologists, infection controlnurses, microbiologists and those training to work in these relatedfields."
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Epidemiology and Infection
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British Journal of Infection Control
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Journal of Public Health Medicine
