by Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Forum on Microbial Threats, Knobler, Stacey, Mahmoud, Adel A. F., Lemon, Stanley M.
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This book illuminates new and more effective infectious disease mapping methods and integrates biogeographic and ecological factors with spatial models. The author treats disease transmission areas for what they are--distributions of species. He argues that complex, fragmented, …
The art of epidemic modeling : concepts and basic structures -- Modeling the geographic spread of influenza epidemics -- Modeling geographic spread I : population-based approaches -- Spatial heterogeneity and endemicity : the case of measles -- Modeling geographic spread II : in…
An extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. In this compendium of the curious and fascinating organisms that cause disease, including Legionnaire's disease, mumps, CJD, and chlamydia, David I. Gro…
From tapeworms and lice to fungi and down to tiny viruses, we are surrounded by agents of infectious disease which can be caught from other people, animals, and the environment. The variety of such agents is enormous and their methods of infection often ingenious. Some have life…
An extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. In this compendium of the curious and fascinating organisms that cause disease, including Legionnaire's disease, mumps, CJD, and chlamydia, David I. Gro…
