This statistical handbook is designed to offer students, researchers, practitioners, and the general adult population a comprehensive statistical overview of the status of infectious disease worldwide. The availability of this information has increased dramatically on the Internet, yet the data are often too extensive, hard to find, or difficult to interpret. A carefully selected array of tables and charts present authoritative statistical information, placing valuable statistics into context with introductory text. Detailed source information in each table, figure, and chart allows the user…mehr
This statistical handbook is designed to offer students, researchers, practitioners, and the general adult population a comprehensive statistical overview of the status of infectious disease worldwide. The availability of this information has increased dramatically on the Internet, yet the data are often too extensive, hard to find, or difficult to interpret. A carefully selected array of tables and charts present authoritative statistical information, placing valuable statistics into context with introductory text. Detailed source information in each table, figure, and chart allows the user to pursue further information and uncover the stories behind the numbers. The book concludes with a glossary of key terms, bibliography, guide to information sources available on the Internet, and a detailed index.
SARAH B. WATSTEIN is Director for Academic User Services and Head of the James Branch Cabell Library at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the author of AIDS and Women: A Sourcebook (Oryx, 1990). JOHN JOVANOVIC works for the government documents division of the James Branch Cabell Library, specializing in the identification and use of statistical sources.
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CONTENTSCONTENTSContentsList of Tables ixPreface xixIntroduction xxiA. Nationally Notifiable Diseases 11. Background 12. Surveillance 13. Data Sources 24. Interpreting Data 35. Table Overview 36. Notes 5B. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) 471. Overview 472. Definition 473. Case Definition and Case Classification 484. Symptoms and Pathologies 495. Diagnosis 496. Transmission 497. Treatment 508. Surveillance 509. Healthy People 5210. Table Overview 5311. Notes 54C. Malaria 811. Overview 812. Case Definition 813. Symptoms and Pathologies 814. Diagnosis 825. Transmission 826. Treatment 827. Surveillance 828. Table Overview 829. Notes 83D. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 921. Overview 922. Transmission 923. The Diseases 924. Surveillance 965. Healthy People 976. Table Overview 987. Notes 101E. Tuberculosis 1441. Overview 1442. Case Definition 1443. Symptoms and Pathologies 1444. Diagnosis 1455. Transmission 1456. Treatment 1457. Surveillance 1458. Table Overview 1469. Notes 147F. Foodborne Diseases 1751. Overview 1752. Symptoms and Pathologies 1753. Diagnosis 1754. Transmission 1755. Surveillance 1766. Table Overview 1777. Notes 177G. Waterborne Diseases 2141. Overview 2142. Symptoms and Courses of Illness 2143. Diagnosis 2144. Transmission 2145. Treatment 2146. Surveillance 2147. Table Overview 2158. Notes 216H. Infectious Disease Worldwide: Present Issues, Emerging Concerns 2231. Overview 2232. Surveillance 2243. Prevention and Control 2244. Highlighted Diseases 2255. Table Overview 2266. Notes 227I. Vaccine-Preventable Diseases 2601. Overview 2602. Vaccines 2603. Selected Vaccine Roster 2604. Table Overview 2635. Notes 263J. Infectious Disease Elimination and Eradication 2821. Overview 2822. Disease Control and Elimination 2823. The Diseases 2834. Table Overview 2855. Notes 285K. Bioterrorism and Biological Warfare 2921. Overview 2922. Diagnosis 2943. Surveillance 2964. Table Overview 2975. Notes 297Appendix: World Health Organization (WHO) Regions 305Glossary 309Bibliography 315Index 319
