Giesecke, Johan
Modern infectious disease epidemiology / Johan Giesecke - 2 ed. - xi, 268 p. : 24.5 x 17 cm.
What is special about infectious disease epidemiology? -- Definitions -- Descriptive epidemiology -- Risk, relative risk and attack rate -- The case-control study: odds, odds ratios-the concept of confounding -- The cohort study: rates - the concept of bias -- Some statistical procedures that are often used in epidemiology Clinical epidemiology: sensitivity, specificity, misclassification -- Multivariate analysis and interaction Survival analysis -- mathematical models for epidemics -- Detection and analysis of outbreaks -- Routine surveillance of infectious diseases -- Measuring infectivity -- Studying the natural history of infectious diseases -- Seroepidemiology -- The study of contact patterns -- Methods for deciding whether or not an illness is infectious -- The epidemiology of vaccination -- The epidemiology of AIDS and variant CJD -- Further reading -- Index --
978-0-340-76423-6
Epidemiologia
Incidencia de enfermedades
Medicina
Salud
614.4 / G455m
Modern infectious disease epidemiology / Johan Giesecke - 2 ed. - xi, 268 p. : 24.5 x 17 cm.
What is special about infectious disease epidemiology? -- Definitions -- Descriptive epidemiology -- Risk, relative risk and attack rate -- The case-control study: odds, odds ratios-the concept of confounding -- The cohort study: rates - the concept of bias -- Some statistical procedures that are often used in epidemiology Clinical epidemiology: sensitivity, specificity, misclassification -- Multivariate analysis and interaction Survival analysis -- mathematical models for epidemics -- Detection and analysis of outbreaks -- Routine surveillance of infectious diseases -- Measuring infectivity -- Studying the natural history of infectious diseases -- Seroepidemiology -- The study of contact patterns -- Methods for deciding whether or not an illness is infectious -- The epidemiology of vaccination -- The epidemiology of AIDS and variant CJD -- Further reading -- Index --
978-0-340-76423-6
Epidemiologia
Incidencia de enfermedades
Medicina
Salud
614.4 / G455m