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Control of communicable diseases manual : an official report of the American Public Health Association  Cover Image Book Book

Control of communicable diseases manual : an official report of the American Public Health Association / David L. Heymann, MD, editor.

Summary:

Presents a guide to managing communicable diseases in an increasingly global society, providing information on hundreds of diseases, their transmission, symptoms, and treatment.
Every chapter updated, and most benefitting from parallel updated by international experts, at both, CDC and WHO, priority has been given to ensuring global relevance. New disease variants have been included and some chapters have been fundamentally reworked. The 20th edition is a timely update to a milestone reference work that ensures the relevance and usefulness to every public health professional around the world.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0875530184
  • ISBN: 9780875530185
  • Physical Description: xx, A57, 729 pages ; 18 cm
  • Edition: 20th edition.
  • Publisher: Washington, DC : APHA Press, an imprint of the American Public Health Association, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Reporting of communicable diseases under the international health regulations -- Response to an outbreak -- Communicable disease alert and response during mass gatherings -- Outbreak response in case of deliberate use of biological agents to cause harm -- One health: communicable diseases at the human-animal interface -- Infection prevention and control -- Mass vaccination and pubic health -- Communicable disease control in humanitarian emergencies -- Handling of infectious materials.
Subject: Communicable diseases > Prevention > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Communicable Diseases > Handbooks.
Communicable Disease Control > Handbooks.
Genre: Handbooks and manuals.

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