Communicable Diseases

Editor/Author Webber, Roger
Publication Year: 2020
Publisher: CABI

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-78-639524-5
Category: Health & Medicine - Health
Image Count: 134
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

A comprehensive yet synoptic account of communicable diseases, it covers theory, epidemiology and control, then systematically groups diseases by their main means of transmission.

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. Elements of Communicable Diseases
  • 1.1 What Are Communicable Diseases?
  • 1.2 The Agent
  • 1.3 Transmission
  • 1.4 Host Factors
  • 1.5 The Environment
  • 1.6 Summary
  • 1.7 Further Reading
  • 2. Communicable Disease Theory
  • 2.1 Force of Infection
  • 2.2 Epidemic Theory
  • 2.3 Endemicity
  • 2.4 Quantitative Dynamics
  • 2.5 Summary
  • 2.6 Further Reading
  • 3. Control Principles and Methods
  • 3.1 Control Principles
  • 3.2 Control Methods – Vaccination
  • 3.3 Environmental Control Methods
  • 3.4 Vector Control
  • 3.5 Treatment and Mass Drug Administration
  • 3.6 Other Control Methods
  • 3.7 Summary
  • 3.8 Further Reading
  • 4. Control Strategy and Organization
  • 4.1 Investigation of an Outbreak
  • 4.2 Surveillance
  • 4.3 Control and Eradication
  • 4.4 Campaigns and Integrated Health Care
  • 4.5 Social Factors in Control Programmes
  • 4.6 Health Promotion
  • 4.7 Summary
  • 4.8 Further Reading
  • 5. Notification and Health Regulations
  • 5.1 International Health Regulations
  • 5.2 National Health Regulations
  • 5.3 Special Surveillance
  • 5.4 Vaccination Requirements
  • 5.5 Emergency Response Capacity
  • 5.6 Summary
  • 5.7 Further Reading
  • 6. Classification of Communicable Diseases
  • 7. Diseases of Poor Hygiene
  • Diseases of Poor Hygiene
  • 7.1 Scabies
  • 7.2 Lice
  • 7.3 Superficial Fungal Infections (Dermatophytosis)
  • 7.4 Tropical Ulcers
  • 7.5 Yaws
  • 7.6 Pinta
  • 7.7 Endemic Syphilis (Bejel)
  • 7.8 Trachoma
  • 7.9 Epidemic Haemorrhagic Conjunctivitis
  • 7.10 Ophthalmia Neonatorum
  • 7.11 Other Infections
  • 7.12 Summary
  • 7.13 Further Reading
  • 8. Faecal–Oral Diseases
  • Faecal–Oral Diseases
  • 8.1 Gastroenteritis
  • 8.2 Rotavirus Infection
  • 8.3 Cryptosporidiosis
  • 8.4 Cholera
  • 8.5 Bacillary Dysentery (Shigellosis)
  • 8.6 Giardia
  • 8.7 Amoebiasis
  • 8.8 Typhoid
  • 8.9 Hepatitis A (HAV)
  • 8.10 Hepatitis E (HEV)
  • 8.11 Poliomyelitis (Polio)
  • 8.12 Enterobius (Pinworm)
  • 8.13 Summary
  • 8.14 Further Reading
  • 9. Food-borne Diseases
  • 9.1 Food Poisoning
  • 9.2 Campylobacter Enteritis
  • 9.3 The Intestinal Fluke (Fasciolopsis)
  • 9.4 The Sheep Liver Fluke (Fasciola hepatica)
  • 9.5 The Fish-transmitted Liver Flukes
  • 9.6 The Lung Fluke
  • 9.7 The Fish Tapeworm
  • 9.8 The Beef and Pork Tapeworms
  • 9.9 Trichinosis
  • 9.10 Other Infections Transmitted by Food
  • 9.11 Summary
  • 9.12 Further Reading
  • 10. Diseases of Soil Contact
  • Diseases of Soil Contact
  • 10.1 Trichuris (Whipworm)
  • 10.2 Ascaris
  • 10.3 Hookworms
  • 10.4 Strongyloides
  • 10.5 Tetanus
  • 10.6 Melioidosis
  • 10.7 Summary
  • 10.8 Further Reading
  • 11. Diseases of Water Contact
  • Diseases of Water Contact
  • 11.1 Schistosomiasis
  • 11.2 Guinea Worm
  • 11.3 Buruli Ulcer
  • 11.4 Summary
  • 11.5 Further Reading
  • 12. Skin Infections
  • Skin Infections
  • 12.1 Chickenpox/Shingles (Varicella)
  • 12.2 Measles
  • 12.3 Rubella
  • 12.4 Mumps
  • 12.5 Streptococcal Skin Infections
  • 12.6 Leprosy
  • 12.7 Summary
  • 12.8 Further Reading
  • 13. Respiratory Diseases and Other Airborne-transmitted Infections
  • Respiratory Diseases and Other Airborne-transmitted Infections
  • 13.1 Tuberculosis
  • 13.2 Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs)
  • 13.3 Influenza
  • 13.4 Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
  • 13.5 Diphtheria
  • 13.6 Meningococcal Meningitis
  • 13.7 Haemophilus influenzae (Meningitis and Pneumonia)
  • 13.8 Pneumococcal Disease
  • 13.9 Otitis Media
  • 13.10 Acute Rheumatic Fever
  • 13.11 Summary
  • 13.12 Further Reading
  • 14. Diseases Transmitted via Body Fluids
  • Diseases Transmitted via Body Fluids
  • 14.1 Venereal Syphilis
  • 14.2 Gonorrhoea
  • 14.3 Chlamydia
  • 14.4 Trichomonas and Non-gonococcal Urethritis
  • 14.5 Lymphogranuloma Venereum
  • 14.6 Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis)
  • 14.7 Chancroid
  • 14.8 Genital Herpes
  • 14.9 Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
  • 14.10 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  • 14.11 Hepatitis B (HBV)
  • 14.12 Hepatitis C (HCV)
  • 14.13 Hepatitis Delta (HDV)
  • 14.14 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
  • 14.15 Marburg Disease/Haemorrhagic Fever
  • 14.16 Lassa and Crimean–Congo Haemorrhagic Fevers
  • 14.17 Summary
  • 14.18 Further Reading
  • 15. Insect-borne Diseases
  • Insect-borne Diseases
  • 15.1 Mosquito-borne Diseases
  • 15.2 Arboviruses
  • 15.3 Japanese Encephalitis (JE)
  • 15.4 Dengue
  • 15.5 Yellow Fever
  • 15.6 Malaria
  • 15.7 Lymphatic Filariasis
  • 15.8 Onchocerciasis
  • 15.9 Loiasis
  • 15.10 African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness)
  • 15.11 American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ Disease)
  • 15.12 Leishmaniasis
  • 15.13 Summary
  • 15.14 Further Reading
  • 16. Ectoparasite Zoonoses
  • Ectoparasite Zoonoses
  • 16.1 Plague
  • 16.2 Typhus
  • 16.3 Louse-borne Relapsing Fever
  • 16.4 Tick-borne Relapsing Fever
  • 16.5 Diseases Transmitted by Hard Ticks
  • 16.6 Tick Typhus/Fever
  • 16.7 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • 16.8 Lyme Disease (Borreliosis)
  • 16.9 Tick-borne Encephalitis
  • 16.10 Arboviruses
  • 16.11 Summary
  • 16.12 Further Reading
  • 17. Domestic and Synanthropic Zoonoses
  • Domestic and Synanthropic Zoonoses
  • 17.1 Rabies
  • 17.2 Hydatid Disease
  • 17.3 Toxocariasis
  • 17.4 Larva Migrans
  • 17.5 Toxoplasmosis
  • 17.6 Brucellosis
  • 17.7 Anthrax
  • 17.8 Leptospirosis
  • 17.9 Lassa Fever
  • 17.10 Summary
  • 17.11 Further Reading
  • 18. Pregnancy and Infection
  • Pregnancy and Infection
  • 18.1 Before Pregnancy
  • 18.2 During Pregnancy
  • 18.3 Post-partum
  • 18.4 Summary
  • 18.5 Further Reading
  • 19. New and Emerging Diseases
  • New and Emerging Diseases
  • 19.1 The Animal Connection
  • 19.2 Avian Influenza and its Implications
  • 19.3 Other Animal-related Emerging Infections
  • 19.4 Arboviruses
  • 19.5 Antimicrobial Resistance
  • 19.6 Bioterrorism
  • 19.7 Summary
  • 19.8 Further Reading
  • 20. List of Communicable Diseases