Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Susanne Straif-Bourgeois and Raoult Ratard
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Susanne Straif-Bourgeois: Epidemiology Section, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health Infectious Disease
Raoult Ratard: Epidemiology Section, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health Infectious Disease

Chapter IV.1 in Handbook of Epidemiology, 2005, pp 1327-1362 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The following chapter intends to give the reader an overview of the current field of applied infectious disease epidemiology. Prevention of disease by breaking the chain of transmission has traditionally been the main purpose of infectious disease epidemiology. While this goal remains the same, the picture of infectious diseases is changing. New pathogens are identified and already known disease agents are changing their behavior. The world population is aging; more people develop underlying disease conditions and are therefore more susceptible to certain infectious diseases or have long term sequelae after being infected.

Keywords: Geographical Information System; West Nile Virus; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Tuberculosis Case; Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-26577-1_34

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