Control Of Communicable Diseases Manual (Control of Communicable Diseases Manual) (Paperback)

by David L. Heymann (Author)

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Product Description
The most widely recognized sourcebook on infectious diseases provides detailed, accurate, informative text for public health workers in official and voluntary health agencies, including those serving in the armed forces and other governmental agencies, and for all students of medicine. Each listing is easy to read and includes identification, infectious agent, occurrence, mode of transmission, incubation period, susceptibility and resistance. The 18th edition of this text is available, for the first time, online. Translations into several languages-currently Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Serbian, Indonesian and Italian make this text a global treasure.

Product Details

• Paperback: 700 pages
• Publisher: American Public Health Association; 18th edition (December 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875530346
• ISBN-13: 978-0875530345
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #291,729 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very practical reference manual, November 16, 2005

By	W. D. Dotson "Doc Dave" (Georgia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a great reference for epidemiology of infectious diseases. The main strength of the book is that it is packed with practical public health information, so that you don't have to wade through pages of extraneous clinical facts. In other words this is not an expanded version of the infectious disease chapters of the Merck Manual or Harrison's. Those are great references in their own right, but they're not always the most useful books to pull off the shelf when you need to consider public health measures. In the CCDM, diseases are presented in alphabetical order from AIDS to zygomycosis. Entries are broken down into the following sections: identification, infectious agent, occurence, reservoir, mode of transmission, incubation period, period of communicability, susceptibility, and methods of control. The emphasis is generally heaviest upon prevention and control. As for the negatives, the binding of the paperpack version is extremely poor (I am not sure if the hardcover is any better or not). Due to the small page size, the print is fairly small throughout, but not so much as to be really annoying. There are a couple of places in the book though (map on back cover and immunization schedule chart) where the text is so small that I'd call it illegible. Other than these instances of poor production this is a really practical and worthwhile book to own.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of its Kind, September 25, 2005

By	Dr. Mark G. Blumenthal - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a public health medical officer, I refer to this text daily. It is completely indispensible, and has been for many years. This new edition by David Heymann even incorporates Emerging Infectious Diseases such as SARS and the implications of EIDS for Homeland Security. Buy it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great handbook of diseases, August 2, 2006

By	E. Siu (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is extremely handy for everyday use and study of communicable diseases. It helps whether you are a student or a practitioner needing to brush up on the details of a disease.

It has a clear, well organised format that provides necessary information on identifying a specific disease, transmission, control and treatment. Many of the entries are written by collaborators who are experts in the respective diseases.

The compact size of the text makes it all the more useful, but the binding on the paperback edition is quite poor.