Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology

By Johan Giesecke

Book Overview

Most textbooks on epidemiology are based on chronic, non-infectious conditions, such as coronary heart disease or cancer. Many of the underlying concepts differ when studying the epidemiology of infectious disease. This book introduces the theories behind infectious disease epidemiology and uses real life situations where the theories have been applied.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340592370
• ISBN13: 9780340592373
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 0.6" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Re infectious disease epidemiology book

This bookmis very informative for someonewho is interested in infectious disease epidemiology.

Good start for someone who is interested in the subject

Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiolgy was written from the angle of a clinician. It provides some interesting reading which is different from the usual types of epidemiology texts. Highly recommended for those who are interested in infectious disease epidemiology. Previous knowledge is not a must in understanding this book. I find it worth reading though I have received training in both clinical medicine and epidemiology as the author illustrates the materials in a different angle from the usual textbooks of epidemiology.

at last an intro epi book that takes infectious disease seriously

Introductory epidemiology texts have historically been very weak on the special features of the epidemiology of infectious disease. The only texts available that adequately covered infectious disease epidemiology were too intense (mathematically and otherwise) for an undergraduate course, too expensive to impose on students, and/or lacking in the broad concepts of epidemiology that apply to non-infectious as well as infectious diseases. Dr. Giesecke's book smoothly integrates the broad concepts of epidemiology with the specific features of infectious disease. You will find here all the requisite concepts of introductory epidemiology such as incidence and prevalence, sensitivity and specificity, case-control and cohort studies, confounding and interaction. You will also find chapters on seroepidemiology, vaccination epidemiology, mathematical models for epidemics (with relatively low intensity math that most undergrads might handle), the study of contact patterns and other topics related to infectious disease, and others. In all this, Dr. Giesecke uses intuitive explanations that make difficult subjects comprehensible. Teachers of epidemiology will find this book very useful for introductory epidemiology courses. As a primer and/or refresher for those in public health and various medical professions, this book is--among a vast multitude of competitors--uniquely fitting.

A good introduction.

Gieskecke has written a good introduction to epidemiology in general, but focuses on infectious disease epidemiology and how it is different from the other fields of epidemiology (e.g., the victims of an infectious disease can also be the source for new infections). I liked the organization and structure of the book. This is a good book for the beginner, but not someone seeking a thorough grounding in the issues.