The second edition of Modern Infectious Disease
Epidemiology, in line with changing health concerns, is
a thorough revision of the first. Written from an
infectious disease perspective throughout, the book aims
to teach epidemiology to those with a background in this
field. It seeks to fill the gap between the standard
textbooks of epidemiology, which rarely approach the
subject from an infectious disease perspective, and
standard books on infection surveillance and control,
which tend to slant more towards microbiology and
practical measures than towards analytical epidemiology.
Divided into two parts, the first covers the tools of
epidemiology much like other textbooks, but always from
an infectious disease perspective. The second covers the
role of contact pattern from an assessment angle, and
uses the tools learnt to illustrate the study of
fundamental infectious disease concepts, such has
infectivity, incubation periods, seroepidemiology and
immunity. This detailed theoretical epidemiology
textbook is clearly set out, with an expanded chapter on
practical statistical methods, and a new chapter on
descriptive epidemiology.Key features include new
clinical examples and infectious disease problems of
recent interest, such as tuberculosis and vCJD. All
students of epidemiology, infectious disease medicine,
and microbiology will find this an invaluable
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