Essentials of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Name: Essentials of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
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ISBN: 9780763734442

ISBN-10: 0763734446

ISBN-13: 9780763734442

Edition: 2008

Authors: Manya Magnus

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As WHO Director-General Nakajima says of infectious disease, "No country is safe from them." As public health education grows, so, too will the need for methodologic skills in infectious disease epid

Book details

List price: $138.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication date: 9/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 227
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




Why learn methods in infectious disease epidemiology?



Why study methods?



Descriptive infectious disease epidemiology



Outbreak investigations



Rates and measures



Laying the foundation : how to conduct a study



Experimental designs as a foundation for observational studies



Cohort studies



Case-control and cross-sectional studies



Interpretation of epidemiologic data



Threats to internal and external validity in the study of infectious disease epidemiology



Surveillance of infectious diseases



Program evaluation in the infectious disease setting



Methodological resource list



Essential moments in infectious disease history



A brief word on sensitivity and specificity