Plagues and Epidemics: Infected Spaces Past and Present, 2010

Plagues and Epidemics: Infected Spaces Past and Present

(Wenner Gren International Symposium Series)

Ann Herring and Alan C. Swedlund

ISBN-10: 1847885470

ISBN-13: 978-1847885470

Berg Publishers

Until recently, plagues were thought to belong in the ancient past. Now there are deep worries about global pandemics. This book presents views from anthropology about this much publicized and complex problem. The authors take us to places where epidemics are erupting, waning, or gone and to other places where they have not yet arrived, but where a frightening story-line is already in place. They explore public health bureaucracies and political arenas where the power lies to make decisions about what is, and is not, an epidemic. They look back into global history to uncover disease trends and look ahead to a future of expanding plagues within the context of climate change. The chapters are written from a range of perspectives, from the science of modelling epidemics to the social science of understanding them.

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Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health, 1st ed. 2007

Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health, 1st ed. 2007

(Oxford Handbooks Series)

Julia Smedley, Finlay Dick, Steve Sadhra

ISBN-10: 0198567189

ISBN-13: 978-0198567189

Oxford University Press

The Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health is the must-have guide for all practitioners with an interest in workplace factors affecting their patients, and with responsibility for decisions on fitness for work. It brings together current practices, legislation and tools to ensure that occupational health professionals are equipped with a single authoritative guide on how to assess and manage health risks in the workplace. This handbook provides a comprehensive summary of the theory and practice of occupational health. The scope of this text is wide, with twelve sections covering workplace hazards, occupational diseases, occupational health practice, fitness for work, occupational health law, occupational hygiene, toxicology, occupational epidemiology, environmental medicine, safety science, practical procedures and emergencies in occupational health. The authors also address current issues such as Gulf War Syndrome, SARS, and exposure to electromagnetic fields.

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Tuberculosis (Health alert) 2010

Tuberculosis (Health Alert)

Henry Wouk

ISBN-10: 076143979X

ISBN-13: 978-0761439790

Benchmark Books

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A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 5th ed. 2008

A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 5th ed. 2008

Miquel Porta

ISBN-10: 0195314506

ISBN-13: 978-0195314502

Oxford University Press

The new, completely revised, and updated edition of this classic text --sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association (IEA) and previously edited by John Last-- remains the definitive dictionary in epidemiology worldwide. In fact, with contributions from over 220 epidemiologists and other users of epidemiology from around the globe, it is more than a dictionary: it includes explanations and comments on both core epidemiologic terms and on other scientific terms relevant to all professionals in clinical medicine and public health, as well as to professionals in the other health, life, and social sciences. Anyone seeking clarity on epidemiologic and methodological definitions important to human health will find it here. On the eve of a field trip to a foreign land, a health scientist remarked that if he had to limit his professional library to one volume on epidemiology, this would be the book he would choose.

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New Generation Vaccines, 4th ed. 2010

New Generation Vaccines, Fourth Edition

Myron M. Levine, Gordon Dougan, Michael F. Good, Margaret A. Liu

ISBN-10: 1420060732

ISBN-13: 978-1420060737

Informa Healthcare

New Generation Vaccines is a valuable book for those who would like an overview of vaccines in the pipeline. Those who wish to learn about traditional vaccines and those who want detailed information about experiments with candidate vaccines need in most cases to look for other books and original articles. Vaccine researchers will find this book useful as an introduction to areas outside their own field. In general, it contains a lot of up-to-date information for those interested in future trends of infectious-disease prevention.

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Field Epidemiology, 3rd ed. 2008

Field Epidemiology, 3rd ed. 2008

Michael Gregg

ISBN-10: 0195313801

ISBN-13: 978-0195313802

Oxford University Press

The new edition of this classic text continues its mission of describing the application of basic epidemiologic principles in real time, place, and person to solve problems of an urgent or emergency nature. Based on decades of experience in both infectious and noninfectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this book describes in clear and practical terms the distinct approach, tasks, and actions needed for successful field investigations. Guidance is given on such issues as how to perform surveillance, manage and execute field investigatins, collect and analyze data, perform surveys, adapt a personal computer for field use, and communicate the findings. Specific advice is also given on such subjects as dealing with the media; investigations in health care, day care, and international settings; and the legal aspects of field studies. An entire chapter covers the proper collection, handling, and testing of infectious and noninfectious agents in the field. This edition contains new chapters on environmental investigations and immunization practices for the field epidemiologist. The boko is based both on science and experience. It deals with real problems, real places, and real people: nature's experiment rather than carefully designed studies in a laboratory or clinical setting. So, in the lexicon of the epidemiologist, the book addresses issues relating to observational- not experimental- epidemiology.

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Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control, 4th ed. 2009

Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control, 4th ed. 2009

Philip S. Brachman, Elias Abrutyn

ISBN-10: 0387098429

ISBN-13: 978-0387098425

Springer

The new Fourth Edition of Bacterial Infections of Humans reflects a decade of important discoveries, technological progress, and valuable new therapies as well as emerging and reemerging infections, resistant strains of bacteria, and threats of bioterrorism. It offers accessible, up-to-date information across the range of disease entities. As in previous editions, introductory chapters review general concepts of infection and epidemiology, and the chapters devoted to specific infections follow a consistent and highly useful format: historical background, methodology (diagnosis and pathology), biology, descriptive epidemiology, mechanism and routes of transmission, pathogenesis, host responses, methods of prevention and control, and areas for future research. All material has been thoroughly updated, and two chapters on molecular epidemiology and health care-acquired bacterial infections, are entirely new.

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Dengue (Tropical Medicine: Science and Practice) 2008

Dengue

(Tropical Medicine Science and Practice)

Scott B. Halstead

ISBN-10: 1848162286

ISBN-13: 978-1848162280

Imperial College Press

This unique volume presents an up-to-date review of one of the world s major health problems -- diseases caused by the four dengue viruses. It begins with an insightful story of the origin of dengue disease outbreaks, including the emergence of severe and fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever. The nature, structure and biology of the four dengue viruses are described, and a major portion of the book is focused on the epidemiology of dengue as a mosquito-borne disease. This is complemented by critiques of existing mosquito control programs by three groups of outstanding authorities. The strongest element of the volume is its comprehensive description of the current understanding of dengue disease pathogenesis, followed by an analysis of the pros and cons of five of the most controversial areas in the field: the WHO DEF case definition, secondary dengue infections, virulent viruses, the role of abnormal T cells and autoimmunity.

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Tuberculosis: the essentials, 4th ed. 2010

Tuberculosis, Fourth Edition: The Essentials

(Lung Biology in Health and Disease)

Mario C. Raviglione

ISBN-10: 1420090216

ISBN-13: 978-1420090215

Informa Healthcare

Every second a new person is exposed to tuberculosis (TB). Each untreated TB-infected person will infect 10-15 people every year. Following the success of its predecessor, this new edition of Tuberculosis scrutinizes the new discoveries and observations of the key aspects of the disease while delivering the information in a very manageable 416-page format.

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Advances in Parasitology Vol- 61 : Control of Human Parasitic Diseases 2007

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Advances in Parasitology Vol-61 : Control of Human Parasitic Diseases 2007

DAVID H. MOLYNEUX

ISBN-13: 978-0-12-031765-3

ISBN-10: 0-12-031765-6

Elsevier Ltd

This special volume of Advances in Parasitology is perhaps the most practical, covering the latest developments in methods of control of parasitic infections, including both prophylactic and curative chemotherapy and other preventive methods. The range of infections covered is wide—malaria, human trypanosomiasis (African and South American), leishmaniasis, dracunculiasis, soil-transmitted helminths, onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, cystic echinococcosis, taeniasis and neurocysticercosis, and schistosomiasis.

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Modern Epidemiology, 3rd ed, 2008,

Modern Epidemiology, 3rd ed, 2008,

Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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The Handbook of Contraception: A Guide for Practical Management, 1st ed. 2006

The Handbook of Contraception: A Guide for Practical Management,

Donna Shoupe, Siri L. Kjos.

ISBN 1-58829-599-0

Humana Press Inc.

"The Handbook of Contraception: A Guide for Practical Management" is designed to give the modern health care provider up-to-date information on safety, side effects, advantages, and disadvantages of each method, as well as guidance in selecting appropriate users and practical counseling tools. An effort has been made to cover the currently available methods and those that are expected to be available shortly, and to emphasize the growing list of noncontraceptive benefits associated with each method.

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Guidelines for the Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, WHO, 2008,

Guidelines for the Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Emergency update, 2008

World Health Organization

Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: emergency update 2008 provides updated guidelines and recommendations on how to manage drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) based on a rapid assessment of the best available evidence by a group of experts.

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Malaria, 2002

Malaria, 2002

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Text Book of Public Health and Community Medicine, 1st ed. 2009

Text Book of Public Health and Community Medicine, 1st ed.

Raj Vir Bhalwar,

Department of Community Medicine, AFMC, Pune

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IARC Handbook : Cervix Cancer Screening, 2005

IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, vol-10

Cervix Cancer Screening

ISBN 92 832 3010 2

ISSN 1027–5622

International Agency for Research on Cancer [ W.H.O.]

The purpose of this Handbook is to consider the implications for cervical cancer screening of the advances that have been made over the past 20 years, and of the changing patterns of cervical cancer incidence. In particular, it gives an evidence-based critical evaluation of the efficacy and effectiveness of the modalities currently available for cervical cancer screening, and of their relative appropriateness depending on the resources available and competing priorities.

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ABC OF SMOKING CESSATION, 1st ed, 2004

ABC OF SMOKING CESSATION, 1st ed, 2004

JOHN BRITTON

ISBN 0 7279 1818 4

Blackwell Publishing Ltd [ BMJ Books ]

This book is intended to provide the basic, simple information needed to equip all health professionals to intervene effectively, efficiently, and constructively to help their patients to stop smoking. The book describes how and why people start smoking, why they continue to smoke, and what to do to help them to stop.

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Pandemic Flu, Influenza A (H1N1) Virus, 2009

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AIDS and Tuberculosis, 2009

AIDS and Tuberculosis : A Deadly Liaison, 2009

[ Infection Biology Handbook Series ]

Stefan H. E. Kaufmann and Bruce D. Walker.

ISB N: 978-3-52 7-32270-1

Wiley-VCH

This book is intended to provide an overview of the key issues confronting these dual pandemics, bringing together state-of-the-art research in both fi elds in one volume

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Deadly Diseases and Epidemics : POLIO, 2nd ed, 2009

Deadly Diseases and Epidemics : Polio, 2nd ed,

Alan Hecht.

ISBN-13: 978-1-60413-238-0

ISBN-10: 1-60413-238-8

Infobase Publishing.

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