The Threat of Pandemic Influenza

 edited by Stacey Knobler, et al 432 Pages

Public health officials and organizations around the world remain on high alert because of increasing concerns about the prospect of an influenza pandemic, which many experts believe to be inevitable. Moreover, recent problems with the availability and strain-specificity of vaccine for annual flu epidemics in some countries and the rise of pandemic strains of avian flu in disparate geographic regions have alarmed experts about the world's ability to prevent or contain a human pandemic. The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? addresses these urgent concerns.

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Communicable Disease Control Handbook 2nd Edition

by Jeremy Hawker PB 400 Pages

A practical guide to the management of infectious diseases that combines management with basic principles and practical advice. Divided into three sections, the first section contains 11 problem/symptom-based chapters. The second section focuses on disease with 83 uniformly presented chapters, which helps the reader to find essential information rapidly. The final section covers communicable disease services, setting out basic principles of infection control and providing a context for workers in this field.

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