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  title info:
    title: Communicable disease control and health protection handbook
  name:
    name part: Ekdahl, Karl
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Begg, Norman T.
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      role term: author
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      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: Reintjes, Ralf
    role:
      role term: author
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      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: Edeghere, Obaghe
    role:
      role term: author
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      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nju
    date issued: 2026
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (432 p.)
  abstract: Authoritative, up-to-date guide to current protocols surrounding the identification and control of infectious diseases Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook provides practical advice for specific situations and the important background knowledge that underlies communicable disease control activities. The book, designed to be concise and accessible, explains topics ranging from basic principles to recent changes and innovations in health protection practice. Major syndromes and individual infections are insightfully addressed, as well as an outline of the World Health Organization's international health regulations and the organizational arrangements in place in all European Union nations. This Fifth Edition has been thoroughly revised to capture new developments in the area, especially those following the COVID-19 pandemic. Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook includes information on: Meningitis and meningism, gastrointestinal infection, community acquired pneumonia, rash in pregnancy, rash and fever in children, and illness in returning travelers Amoebic dysentery, anthrax, botulism, chickenpox and shingles, chlamydia trachomatis, and cholera Managing incidents and outbreaks, community infection control, hospital infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, and risks to and from healthcare workers Prevention of blood-borne infections, migrant and refugee health, managing acute chemical and radiation incidents, and global health security Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook is an essential reference for public health professionals working in communicable disease control and health protection, public health physicians, epidemiologists, public health nurses, infection control nurses, environmental health officers, microbiologists, policy makers, and general practitioners.
  target audience: Professional and scholarly.
  note: Karl Ekdahl, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden, Norman Begg, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Belgium, Ralf Reintjes, Hamburg, University of Applied Sciences, Head of the Infectious Diseases Department, State Institute for Public Health, Munster, Germany, Obaghe Edeghere, Deputy Director for Field Service, National Infection Service, Public Health, England, UK.
  note: Electronic book.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Communicable diseases
    topic: Diagnosis
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Communicable diseases
    topic: Prevention
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Communicable diseases
    topic: Prevention
  subject:
    topic: Communicable diseases
  classification: RC112 .E43 2026
  classification: 616.9
  classification: WC 100
  identifier: 9781394327706
  identifier: 1394327706
  identifier: 9781394327720
  identifier: 1394327722
  identifier: a4k87y89 cloudLibrary
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  record info:
    record content source: NhCcYBP
    record creation date: 251231
    record change date: 20260215001245.0
    record identifier: in00005690553
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng