Communicable disease control and health protection handbook. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeremy Hawker, Norman Begg, Ralf Reintjes, Karl Ekdahl, Obaghe Edeghere, Jim E. van Steenbergen.
• Authors: Hawker, Jeremy
• Contents: European public health institute websites Foreword Abbreviations Section 1: Introduction 1. How to use this book 2. Basic concepts in epidemiology of infectious disease 3. Basic concepts in the prevention of infection 4. Emergency risk communication 5. Basic principles of on-call Section 2: Common Topics 1. Meningitis and meningism 2. Gastrointestinal infection 3. Community acquired pneumonia 4. Rash in pregnancy 5. Rash and fever in children 6. Illness in returning travellers 7. Jaundice 8. Infection in the immunosuppressed Section 3: Diseases 1. Amoebic dysentery 2. Anthrax 3. Bacillus cereus 4. Botulism 5. Brucellosis 6. Campylobacter 7. Chickenpox and shingles 8. Chikungunya 9. Chlamydia pneumoniae 10. Chlamydia trachomatis 11. Cholera 12. CJD and other Human TSEs 13. Clostridium difficile 14. Clostridium perfringens 15. Coronavirus (including MERS and SARS) 16. Cryptosporidiosis 17. Cyclosporiasis 18. Cytomegalovirus 19. Dengue fever 20. Diphtheria 21. Enterococci (including GRE) 22. Enterovirus infections (including hand, foot and mouth disease) 23. Epstein-Barr virus 24. Giardiasis 25. Gram-negative bacteraemias (including Carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae) 26. Gonorrhoea, syphilis and other acute STIs 27. Hantavirus 28. Headlice 29. Helicobacter pylori 30. Hepatitis A 31. Hepatitis B 32. Hepatitis C 33. Hepatitis, delta 34. Hepatitis E 35. Herpes simplex 36. Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) 37. HIV 38. Influenza 39. Japanese B encephalitis 40. Legionellosis 41. Leprosy 42. Leptospirosis 43. Listeriosis 44. Lyme disease 45. Malaria 46. Measles 47. Meningococcal infection 48. MRSA 49. Mumps 50. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection 51. Norovirus 52. Paratyphoid fever 53. Parvovirus B19 (fifth disease) 54. Plague 55. Pneumococcal infection 56. Poliomyelitis 57. Psittacosis 58. Q fever 59. Rabies 60. Relapsing fever 61. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) 62. Ringworm 63. Rotavirus 64. Rubella 65. Salmonellosis 66. Scabies 67. Schistosomiasis 68. Shigellosis 69. Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and other diarrhoeagenic E. coli 70. Smallpox 71. Staphylococcal food poisoning 72. Streptococcal infections 73. Tetanus 74. Threadworms 75. Tick-borne encephalitis 76. Toxocariasis 77. Toxoplasmosis 78. Tuberculosis (and non-tuberculous mycobacteria) 79. Tularaemia 80. Typhoid fever 81. Vibrio parahaemolyticus 82. Viral haemorrhagic fevers (including Ebola) 83. Warts & verrucae (and Molluscum contagiosum) 84. West Nile virus 85. Whooping cough (pertussis) 86. Yellow fever 87. Yersiniosis 88. Zika virus 89. Other organisms 1. Bacteria 2. Rickettsia 3. Viruses 4. Protozoa 5. Helminths 6. Fungi 7. Bites, stings and venoms 8. Chemical food-borne illness Section 4: Services and Organisations 1. Surveillance of Communicable Disease 2. Managing infectious disease incidents and outbreaks 3. Community infection control 4. Hospital infection control 5. Antimicrobial stewardship 6. Risks to & from healthcare workers 7. Co-ordination if immunisation services 8. Co-ordination of sexual health services 9. Prevention of blood-borne viral infection 10. Co-ordination of services for tuberculosis control 11. Travel Health 12. Migrant and refugee health 13. Emergency preparedness planning and response 14. Non-infectious environmental hazards 15. Managing acute chemical incidents 16. Managing acute radiation incidents 17. Deliberate release of biological, chemical or radiological hazards 18. Clinical governance and audit 19. Global health security Section 5: Communicable Disease Control in Europe 1. WHO and the International Health Regulations 2. International collaboration in Europe 3. National Example: Administrative arrangements for health protection in England 4. Austria 5. Belgium 6. Bulgaria 7. Croatia 8. Cyprus 9. Czech Republic 10. Denmark 11. Estonia 12. Finland 13. France 14. Germany 15. Greece 16. Hungary 17. Iceland 18. Republic of Ireland 19. Italy 20. Latvia 21. Lithuania 22. Luxemburg 23. Malta 24. Netherlands 25. Norway 26. Poland 27. Portugal 28. Romania 29. Slovakia 30. Slovenia 31. Spain 32. Sweden 33. Switzerland 34. United Kingdom Appendix: Guidance documents Other useful websites
• Edition: 4th edition
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, N.J : Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.9; Communicable Disease Control; Public Health Surveillance; Handbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119328056; 1119328055; 9781119327790; 1119327792
• Related ISBNs: 9781119328049
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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