Hawker, Jeremy, et al

Communicable disease control and health protection handbook / Jeremy Hawker, Norman Begg, Ralf Reintjes, Karl Ekdahl, Obaghe Edeghere, Jim E. van Steenbergen. - Fourth edition - xiv, 463 pages ; 24 cm.

Preceded by Communicable disease control and health protection handbook / Jeremy Hawke ... [et al]. 3rd ed. 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[Contents] 1: Introduction. --
2: Common topics. --
3: Diseases. --
4: Services and organisations. --
5: Communicable disease control in Europe

"Sales handles: Clear and concise content that combines science with practical guidance. Covers basic principles of communicable disease control and health protection, major syndromes, control of individual infections, main services and activities, organizational arrangements for all EU countries and sources of further information. All chapters updated in line with recent changes in epidemiology, new guidelines for control and administrative changes. New disease chapters include Zika virus, Schistosomiasis, Coronavirus including MERS + SARS, and Ebola. Market description: Public-health physicians, epidemiologists, infection control nurses, microbiologists and those training to work in these related fields"--Provided by publisher.

College of Health Sciences Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology


Text in English

9781119328049 (paperback)

2018036091


Communicable Disease Control
Public Health Surveillance


Handbooks

RC112

616.9 C73 2019

WA 39