Communicable Disease Control Handbook, 2nd Edition

by Jeremy Hawker (Local and Regional Services, Health Protection Agency, UK); Norman Begg (Medical Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline, Uxbridge, UK); Iain Blair (Sandwell Health Authority); Ralf Reintjes (Hamburg University of Applied Science, Germany); Julius We

• ISBN13: 9781405150163
• ISBN10: 1405150165
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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

Table of Contents

Introduction

How to use this book

Basic concepts in epidemiology and control of infection

Health Protection on-call

Common Topics

Meningitis and meningism

Gastrointestinal infection

Community acquired pneumonia

Rash in pregnancy

Rash and fever in children

Illness in returning travellers

Sexually transmitted infections

Jaundice

Infection in the immunocompromised

Blood-borne viral infection

Vaccine queries

Diseases

Amoebic dysentery

Anthrax

Bacillus cereus

Botulism

Brucellosis

Campylobacter

Chickenpox and shingles (varicella-zoster infections)

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Chlamydia psittaci

Chlamydia trachomatis (genital)

Cholera

CJD and other Human Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathies

Clostridium difficile

Clostridium perfringens

Coxsackievirus infections

Cryptosporidiosis

Cyclosporiasis

Cytomegalovirus

Dengue fever

Diphtheria

Encephalitis, acute

Enterococci, including Glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE)

Epstein-Barr virus

Escherischia coli O157 (and other E. coli gastroenteritis)

Giardiasis

Gonorrhoea, syphilis and other acute STIs

Hantavirus

Headlice

Helicobacter pylori

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Delta Hepatitis

Hepatitis E

Herpes simplex

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection

HIV

Influenza

Japanese B encephalitis

Kawasaki Syndrome

Legionellosis

Leprosy

Leptospirosis

Listeria

Lyme disease

Malaria

Measles

Meningococcal infection

Molluscum contagiosum

MRSA (methicillin-restisant Staphylococcus aureus)

Mumps

Mycoplasma

Norovius

Ophthalmia neonatorum

Paratyphoid fever

Parvovirus B19 (fifth disease)

Plague

Pneumococcal infection

Poliomyelitis

Q fever

Rabies

Relapsing fever

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Ringworm

Rotavirus

Rubella

Salmonellosis

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Scabies

Shigella

Smallpox

Staphylococcal food poisoning

Streptococcal infections

Tetanus

Threadworms

Tick-borne encephalitis

Toxocara

Toxoplasmosis

Tuberculosis

3.80Tularaemia

Typhoid fever

Typhus, other rickettsial infections and Ehrlichiosis

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Viral haemorrhagic fevers

Warts & verrucae

West Nile virus

Whooping cough(pertussis)

Yellow fever

Yersiniosis

Other organisms

Helminths

Protozoa

Fungi

Viruses

Bites, stings and venoms

Chemical food-borne illness

Services and Organisations

Administrative arrangements for communicable disease control

Surveillance of communicable disease

Managing infectious disease incidents and outbreaks

Community infection control

Healthcare associated infection

Risks to & from healthcare workers

Co-ordination of immunisation services

Co-ordination of services for HIV infection in the UK

Co-ordination of services for tuberculosis control

Travel Health and Illness in returning travellers

Surveillance & investigation of environmental hazards

Managing acute chemical incidents

Managing acute radiation incidents

Planning for deliberate release of biological, chemical or radiological agents

Port health

Media relations

Clinical governance and audit

Communicable Disease Control in Europe

International collaboration in Europe

Austria

Belgium

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

France

Finland

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Republic of Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxemburg

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Useful addresses telephone numbers

Guidance documents and books

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