TY - BOOK AU - Heymann,David L (Acc.No :39453 Ref) AU - Heymann,David L. ED - American Public Health Association, TI - Control of communicable diseases manual: an official report of the American Public Health Association SN - 0875530184 AV - RA643 .C66 2015 U1 - 614 23 PY - 2015/// KW - Communicable diseases KW - Prevention KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Communicable Diseases KW - Communicable Disease Control N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Reporting of communicable diseases under the international health regulations -- Response to an outbreak -- Communicable disease alert and response during mass gatherings -- Outbreak response in case of deliberate use of biological agents to cause harm -- One health: communicable diseases at the human-animal interface -- Infection prevention and control -- Mass vaccination and pubic health -- Communicable disease control in humanitarian emergencies -- Handling of infectious materials N2 - Presents a guide to managing communicable diseases in an increasingly global society, providing information on hundreds of diseases, their transmission, symptoms, and treatment; Every chapter updated, and most benefitting from parallel updated by international experts, at both, CDC and WHO, priority has been given to ensuring global relevance. New disease variants have been included and some chapters have been fundamentally reworked. The 20th edition is a timely update to a milestone reference work that ensures the relevance and usefulness to every public health professional around the world ER -