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

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