Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology; Epidemiologic Methods
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Johan Giesecke
Modern infectious disease epidemiology
2002
2nd ed.
Lantai 4
xi, 268 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Giesecke, Johan
614.4 GIE m (Rs)
9780340764237
London
32058/09
Arnold
090511
eng
What is special about infectious disease epidemiology?
Definitions
Risk, relative risk and attack rate
The case-control study: odds, odds ratios
The concepts of confounding
The cohort study: rates
The concept of bias
Some statistical procedures that are often used in epidemiology
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
Outbreak investigation
Methods to decide whether or not an illness is infectious
The epidemiology of vaccination
The epidemiology of HIV infection and AIDS