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| Acknowledgement |
i |
| Dedication |
ii |
| Foreword |
iii |
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A Message to the World from the Director-General
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| Preface |
vi |
| About the Author |
vii |
| Contents in Brief |
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| Detailed Table of Contents |
xi |
| SECTION ONE: Basic Principles of Epidemiological Terms |
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| Chapter 1: | Defining and Clarifying Epidemiological Terms |
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Chapter 2: |
Infectious Diseases: Theories, Process,
and Epidemiological Studies |
13 |
| Theories of disease causation |
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| Infectious Disease Model |
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| Transmission of Communicable Diseases |
15 |
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| The Infectious Disease Process |
15 |
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| Program Planning for Epidemiological Investigations |
16 |
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| Types of Epidemiological Studies |
18 |
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| Population Screening and Early Detection of Disease |
20 |
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| Screening tests |
21 |
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| Sensitivity Versus Specificity of Screening tests |
21 |
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| Predictability of a Screening test |
22 |
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| Question for Review and Discussion |
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| Chapter 3: | Classification and Prevention of Infectious Diseases |
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| Classification of Infectious Diseases |
24 |
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| Reasons for the Endemicity of Infectious Diseases in many Developing Countries |
25 |
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| Prevention of Infectious Diseases |
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| Strategies for the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases |
28 |
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| Ten Ways to Prevent Infectious Diseases |
29 |
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| General Prevention and Risk Reduction of Zoonoses |
30 |
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| Reemergence of Infectious Diseases |
31 |
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| Types of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance |
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| World Health Oreganizations Precedure for Reporting
Communicable Diseases |
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| Koch's Postulates of Infectious Disease Causation |
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| Questions for Review and Discussion |
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| Sectional Bibliography |
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