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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

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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