Eradication of Infectious Diseases: A Critical Study (Contributions to Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Vol 2) [Paperback]

P. Yekutiel (Author)

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• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: S Karger Pub (August 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3805530684
• ISBN-13: 978-3805530682
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,056,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Yekutiel's case against disease eradication, September 12, 2000

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ROBERT DAVIS (Nairobi, Kenya) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eradication of Infectious Diseases: A Critical Study (Contributions to Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Vol 2) (Paperback)

Like many malariologists, Prof. Yekutiel takes a skeptical view of global eradication programmes. However, events are showing that, at least for polio, his scientific skepticism is poorly justified.

His account of the origins of the global malaria campaign is invaluable to students of infectious disease epidemiology and control. So, too, is his list of the prerequisites for infectious disease eradication. But he overestimates the technical obstacles to disease eradication for polio and measles, both of which have been cleared from countries and continents, with polio almost eradicated and measles just around the corner.

With that much said, his typology of criteria is still useful, and his book is still quoted in symposia on disease eradication, like that recently published in the Bulletin of the WHO.