Control of Communicable Diseases Manual: An Official Report of the American Publ

Description: Control of Communicable Diseases Manual by David L. Heymann The must have resource for anyone in the field of public health. Every chapter has been reworked and new chapters have been added. The 20th Edition is a timely update to a milestone reference work, ensuring the Manuals relevance and usefulness to every public health professional around the world. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 20th Edition, is the must have resource for anyone in the field of public health. Every chapter has been reworked and new chapters have been added. The 20th Edition is a timely update to a milestone reference work, ensuring the Manuals relevance and usefulness to every public health professional around the world.Each disease chapter is presented in a standardized format that includes the following information:Disease name.Clinical features.Causative agent(s).Diagnosis.Occurrence.Reservoir(s).Incubation period.Transmission.Risk groups.Prevention.Management of patients.Management of contacts and the immediate environment.Special considerations. Author Biography Dr Omar A. Khan, MD is president and CEO of Delaware Health Sciences Alliance, an organization that includes the major health systems and research universities in the Delaware Valley. He also holds a masters degree from the Johns Hopkins Universitys Bloomberg School of Public Health, and has co-authored several books on global health and infectious disease, including The End of Polio with Tim Brookes, a Vermont resident and frequent contributor to VPR and other national publications.Dr David L. Heymann, MD is the Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment and Representative of the Director-General for Polio Eradication. Prior to this, from July 1998 until July 2003, Dr Heymann was Executive Director of the WHO Communicable Diseases Cluster. From October 1995 to July 1998, Dr Heymann was Director of the WHO Programme on Emerging and other Communicable Diseases, and prior to that he was the chief of research activities in the WHO Global Programme on AIDS. Before joining WHO, Dr Heymann worked for 13 years as a medical epidemiologist in sub-Saharan Africa on assignment from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr Heymann also worked for two years in India as a medical epidemiologist in the WHO Smallpox Eradication Programme.Dr Heymann holds a B.A. from the Pennsylvania State University, an M.D. from Wake Forest University, a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and has completed practical epidemiology training in the two-year Epidemic Intelligence Service of CDC. In 2004 he received the American Public Health Association Award for Excellence and was named to the United States Institute of Medicine. In 2005 he was awarded a Welling Professorship at the George Washington University School of Public Health and the 2005 Donald Mackay medal by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. In 2007 he received the Heinz Award in the Human Condition category. Review ...extremely valuable for anyone working in the field." - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2009:49Doodys Essential Title"Public health professionals and others concerned with the control of communicable diseases eagerly await each update of this authoritative and practical book, as it is has been a key standard reference for over 100 years. Public health practitioners are confident that control measures recommended by this book are evidence-based and accepted." - Doodys Review Service 100/100, Five Stars! Details ISBN0875530184 Short Title CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEAS Language English Edition 20th ISBN-10 0875530184 ISBN-13 9780875530185 Media Book Format Paperback Pages 729 Imprint American Public Health Association Subtitle An Official Report of the American Public Health Association Place of Publication Washington DC Country of Publication United States Edited by David L. Heymann AU Release Date 2014-11-30 NZ Release Date 2014-11-30 Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-01-30 UK Release Date 2015-01-30 Author David L. Heymann Publisher American Public Health Association Edition Description 20th Revised edition DEWEY 362.1969 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2015-01-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137241113;

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