Communicable Disease Control Handbook

by Hawker, Jeremy; Begg, Norman; Blair, Iain; Reintjes, Ralf; Weinberg, Julius

• ISBN13: 9780470755129
• ISBN10: 0470755121
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-01-14
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Concise and practical handbook for all those who have responsibility for the identification and control of infectious disease

Why Buy this Book?:

• Clear and concise - combining science, attention to detail and a practical approach
  
• Covers basic principles of communicable disease control and health protection, major syndromes, control of individual infections, main services and activities, organizational arragements for all EU countries and sources of further information
  
• All chapters updated inline with recent changes in epidemiology, new guidelines for control and adminstrative changes
  
• New or expanded chapters on immunization queries, smallpox, SARS, West Nile virus, delibrate release / bioterrorism and on-call response

"This comprehensive and practical handbook will provide a very accessible source of detailed information for everyone in the field of communicable disease control."
Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer (from the foreword)

"This handbook will be a valuable resource for all those who are interested in control of communicable disease, including public-health physicians, epidemiologists, infection control nurses, microbiologists and those training to work in these related fields."
The Lancet Infectious Diseases

"This book fulfils all the needs of a practical handbook, being easy to use and packed with practical information."
Epidemiology and Infection

"This would be the first book to reach for in any number of day-to-day or crisis situations in communicable disease control."
British Journal of Infection Control

"If you undertake on-call public health duties, just buy the book."
Journal of Public Health Medicine

Author Biography

Dr Jeremy Hawker, Deputy Director, Local and Regional Services, Health Protection Agency, UK

Dr Norman Begg, Director of Medical Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, UK

Dr Iain Blair, Consultant in Communicable Disease, Health Protection Agency, Hampshire, UK

Professor Ralf Reintjes, Professor for Epidemiology and Public Health Surveillance, Hamburg University of Applied Science, Germany

Professor Julius Weinberg, Pro-Vice Chancellor, City University, London, UK

Table of Contents

Section 1: Introduction.

1.1 How to use this book.

1.2 Basic concepts in epidemiology and control of infection.

1.3 Health Protection on-call.

Section 2: Common Topics.

2.1 Meningitis and meningism.

2.2 Gastrointestinal infection.

2.3 Community acquired pneumonia.

2.4 Rash in pregnancy.

2.5 Rash and fever in children.

2.6 Illness in returning travellers.

2.7 Sexually transmitted infections.

2.8 Jaundice.

2.9 Infection in the immunocompromised.

2.10 Blood-borne viral infection.

2.11 Vaccine queries.

Section 3: Diseases.

3.1 Amoebic dysentery.

3.2 Anthrax.

3.3 Bacillus cereus.

3.4 Botulism.

3.5 Brucellosis.

3.6 Campylobacter.

3.7 Chickenpox and shingles (varicella-zoster infections).

3.8 Chlamydia pneumoniae.

3.9 Chlamydia psittaci.

3.10 Chlamydia trachomatis (genital).

3.11 Cholera.

3.12 CJD and other Human Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathies.

3.13 Clostridium difficile.

3.14 Clostridium perfringens.

3.15 Coxsackievirus infections.

3.16 Cryptosporidiosis.

3.17 Cyclosporiasis.

3.18 Cytomegalovirus.

3.19 Dengue fever.

3.20 Diphtheria.

3.21 Encephalitis, acute.

3.22 Enterococci, including Glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE).

3.23 Epstein-Barr virus.

3.24 Escherischia coli O157 (and other E. coli gastroenteritis).

3.25 Giardiasis.

3.26 Gonorrhoea, syphilis and other acute STIs.

3.27 Hantavirus.

3.28 Headlice.

3.29 Helicobacter pylori.

3.30 Hepatitis A.

3.31 Hepatitis B.

3.32 Hepatitis C.

3.33 Delta Hepatitis.

3.34 Hepatitis E.

3.35 Herpes simplex.

3.36 Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection.

3.37 HIV.

3.38 Influenza.

3.39 Japanese B encephalitis.

3.40 Kawasaki Syndrome.

3.41 Legionellosis.

3.42 Leprosy.

3.43 Leptospirosis.

3.44 Listeria.

3.45 Lyme disease.

3.46 Malaria.

3.47 Measles.

3.48 Meningococcal infection.

3.49 Molluscum contagiosum.

3.50 MRSA (methicillin-restisant Staphylococcus aureus).

3.51 Mumps.

3.52 Mycoplasma.

3.53 Norovius.

3.54 Ophthalmia neonatorum.

3.55 Paratyphoid fever.

3.56 Parvovirus B19 (fifth disease).

3.57 Plague.

3.58 Pneumococcal infection.

3.59 Poliomyelitis.

3.60 Q fever.

3.61 Rabies.

3.62 Relapsing fever.

3.63 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

3.64 Ringworm.

3.65 Rotavirus.

3.66 Rubella.

3.67 Salmonellosis.

3.68 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

3.69 Scabies.

3.70 Shigella .

3.71 Smallpox.

3.72 Staphylococcal food poisoning.

3.73 Streptococcal infections.

3.74 Tetanus.

3.75 Threadworms.

3.76 Tick-borne encephalitis.

3.77 Toxocara.

3.78 Toxoplasmosis.

3.79 Tuberculosis.

3.80Tularaemia.

3.81 Typhoid fever.

3.82 Typhus, other rickettsial infections and Ehrlichiosis.

3.83 Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

3.84 Viral haemorrhagic fevers.

3.85 Warts & verrucae.

3.86 West Nile virus.

3.87 Whooping cough(pertussis).

3.88 Yellow fever.

3.89 Yersiniosis.

3.90 Other organisms.

1. Helminths.

2. Protozoa.

3. Fungi.

4. Viruses.

5. Bites, stings and venoms.

6. Chemical food-borne illness.

Section 4: Services and Organisations.

4.1 Administrative arrangements for communicable disease control.

4.2 Surveillance of communicable disease.

4.3 Managing infectious disease incidents and outbreaks.

4.4 Community infection control.

4.5 Healthcare associated infection.

4.6 Risks to & from healthcare workers.

4.7 Co-ordination of immunisation services.

4.8 Co-ordination of services for HIV infection in the UK.

4.9 Co-ordination of services for tuberculosis control.

4.10 Travel Health and Illness in returning travellers.

4.11 Surveillance & investigation of environmental hazards.

4.12 Managing acute chemical incidents.

4.13 Managing acute radiation incidents.

4.14 Planning for deliberate release of biological, chemical or radiological agents.

4.15 Port health.

4.16 Media relations.

4.17 Clinical governance and audit.

Section 5: Communicable Disease Control in Europe.

5.1 International collaboration in Europe.

5.2 Austria.

5.3 Belgium.

5.4 Cyprus.

5.5 Czech Republic.

5.6 Denmark.

5.7 Estonia.

5.8 France.

5.9 Finland.

5.10 Germany.

5.11 Greece.

5.12 Hungary.

5.13 Republic of Ireland.

5.14 Italy.

5.15 Latvia.

5.16 Lithuania.

5.17 Luxemburg.

5.18 Malta.

5.19 Netherlands.

5.20 Norway.

5.21 Poland.

5.22 Portugal.

5.23 Slovakia.

5.24 Slovenia.

5.25 Spain.

5.26 Sweden.

5.27 Switzerland.

5.28 United Kingdom.

Appendix 1: Useful addresses telephone numbers.

Appendix 2: Guidance documents and books