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Infectious disease epidemiology : theory and practice / edited by Kenrad E. Nelson, Carolyn Masters Williams. - 3rd ed. - Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2014. - xviii, 963 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early history of infectious disease: epidemiology and control of infectious disease --
Epidemiology of infectious diseases: general principles --
Study design --
Surveillance --
Outbreak epidemiology --
Mathematical modeling: the dynamics of infection --
Geographic information systems --
Microbiology tools for the epidemiologist --
Molecular epidemiology and infectious diseases --
The immune system and host defense against infections --
Vaccines: past, present, and future --
Nutrition and infection --
Emerging and new infectious diseases --
Nosocomial infections --
Epidemiology and prevention of influenza --
Measles --
Global epidemiology of meningococcal infections --
Tuberculosis --
The epidemiology of acute respiratory infections --
Diarrheal diseases --
Human immunodeficiency virus infections and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome --
Viral hepatitis --
Sexually transmitted diseases --
Emerging vector-borne diseases --
Lyme disease --
The epidemiology and control of malaria --
Epidemiology of helminth infections.

ISBN: 9781449683795 076379533X (hard cover) 9780763795337 1449683797 (hard cover)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Communicable diseases
Communicable Diseases
Disease Outbreaks.
Epidemiologic Methods.
Infectious Disease
Microbiology Tools
Transmission--Epidemiology.--epidemiology.

Dewey Class. No.: 614.5 / NEL

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WC 100