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Webber, Roger.

Communicable diseases : a global perspective / Roger Webber. - 4th ed. - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CAB International, c2012. - xi, 327 p. : ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Communicable disease epidemiology and control / Roger Webber. 3rd ed. c2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Elements of communicable diseases -- Communicable disease theory -- Control principles and methods -- Control strategy and organization -- Notification and health regulations -- Classification of communicable diseases -- Diseases of poor hygiene -- Faecal oral diseases -- Food borne diseases -- Diseases of soil contact -- Diseases of water contact -- Skin infections -- Respiratory diseases and other airborne transmitted infections -- Diseases transmitted via body fluids -- Insect borne diseases -- Ectoparasite zoonoses -- Domestic and synanthropic zoonoses -- Pregnancy and infection -- New and emerging diseases -- List of communicable diseases.

ISBN: 9781845939380 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781845939397 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2012004198

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Communicable Disease Control.
Communicable Diseases--epidemiology.

LC Class. No.: RA 643 WEB 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 616.9

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WA 110