Overview
- Expanded version in English of the book in German on a slightly higher level: A. Krämer, R. Reintjes (eds.): Infektionsepidemiologie. Springer, 2003
- The subject is modern epidemiologic methods for infectious diseases, their origins and motivations, and their role and applications in public health
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Statistics for Biology and Health (SBH)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Challenges
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Front Matter
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General Concepts and Methods
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Front Matter
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Part II General concepts and methods
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Epidemiology of Particular Infectious Diseases
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Front Matter
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Part III Epidemiology of particular infectious diseases
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About this book
Hardly a day goes by without news headlines concerning infectious disease threats. Currently the spectre of a pandemic of influenza A|H1N1 is raising its head, and heated debates are taking place about the pro’s and con’s of vaccinating young girls against human papilloma virus. For an evidence-based and responsible communication of infectious disease topics to avoid misunderstandings and overreaction of the public, we need solid scientific knowledge and an understanding of all aspects of infectious diseases and their control.
The aim of our book is to present the reader with the general picture and the main ideas of the subject. The book introduces the reader to methodological aspects of epidemiology that are specific for infectious diseases and provides insight into the epidemiology of some classes of infectious diseases characterized by their main modes of transmission. This choice of topics bridges the gap between scientific research on the clinical, biological, mathematical, social and economic aspects of infectious diseases and their applications in public health.
The book will help the reader to understand the impact of infectious diseases on modern society and the instruments that policy makers have at their disposal to deal with these challenges. It is written for students of the health sciences, both of curative medicine and public health, and for experts that are active in these and related domains, and it may be of interest for the educated layman since the technical level is kept relatively low.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Book Subtitle: Concepts, Methods, Mathematical Models, and Public Health
Editors: Alexander Krämer, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Klaus Krickeberg
Series Title: Statistics for Biology and Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93835-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-93834-9Published: 04 December 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2507-6Published: 03 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-93835-6Published: 23 January 2010
Series ISSN: 1431-8776
Series E-ISSN: 2197-5671
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 443
Topics: Public Health, Health Informatics, Epidemiology, Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Biostatistics