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Author, Paul Ewald used his book to expound upon infectious diseases in humans and animals, explain various routes of transmission as well as epidemiology as a whole. [1] Epidemiology is defined as the study of the onset, distribution, and control of diseases. [ 4 ]
The first edition, published in 1917 by the US Public Health Service, titled Control of Communicable Diseases.The first edition was a 30-page booklet with 38 diseases (Public Health Reports 32:41:1706-1733), adopted from a pamphlet written by Dr. Francis Curtis, health officer for Newton, Massachusetts, and sold for 5¢. [2]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to concepts related to infectious diseases in humans.. Infection – transmission, entry/invasion after evading/overcoming defense, establishment, and replication of disease-causing microscopic organisms (pathogens) inside a host organism, and the reaction of host tissues to them and to the toxins they produce.
Diseases African trypanosomiasis Ascariasis Buruli ulcer Cellulitis Chagas disease Common cold COVID-19 Cysticercosis Drancunculiasis Ebola Genital wart Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C HIV/AIDS Hookworm infection Japanese encephalitis Leprosy Lyme disease Malaria Meningitis Norovirus Pinworm infection Pneumonia Pyelonephritis Rabies ...
Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control is a book by Roy M. Anderson and Robert May, Baron May of Oxford originally published in 1991 by Oxford University Press. It is a seminal text [citation needed] in the mathematical modelling of infectious disease. The book covers both microparasites and macroparasites of humans. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Chin J. B., ed. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 17th ed. APHA [American Public Health Association] Press; 2000. ISBN 978-0-87553-189-2; Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 2009. American Academy of Pediatrics. 28th ed. ISBN 978-1-58110-306-9; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Works 24/7 ...
Infectious diseases are sometimes called contagious diseases when they are easily transmitted by contact with an ill person or their secretions (e.g., influenza). Thus, a contagious disease is a subset of infectious disease that is especially infective or easily transmitted. All contagious diseases are infectious, but not vice versa.
The AAP Red Book, or Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is a hardcover, softcover, and electronic reference to the "manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of some 200 childhood infectious diseases". The Red Book first appeared as an eight-page booklet in 1938. The most ...