Modern infectious disease epidemiology / Johan Giesecke.
By: Giesecke, Johan [author.].
Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2017Edition: Third edition.Description: xii, 233 pages ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781444180022 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Communicable Diseases -- epidemiology | Epidemiologic MethodsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA651 .G540 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000009759 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is special about infectious disease epidemiology? -- Definitions -- Descriptive epidemiology -- Risk, relative risk, and attack rate -- The case-control study : odds, odds ratio ; the concept of confounding -- The cohort study : rates. ; the concept of bias -- The cohort study: rates ; the concept of bias -- Clinical epidemiology : sensitivity, specificity, misclassification -- Multivariate analysis and interaction -- Survival analysis -- Mathematical models for epidemics -- Detection and analysis of outbreaks -- Routine surveillance of infectious diseases -- Measuring infectivity -- Studying the natural history of infectious diseases -- Seroepidemiology -- The study of contact patterns -- Methods to decide whether or not an illness is infectious -- The epidemiology of vaccination -- The use of subtyping.