Emerging epidemics [[electronic resource] ] : management and control / / Prakash S. Bisen and Ruchika Raghuvanshi |
Autore | Bisen Prakash S |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (757 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RaghuvanshiRuchika |
Soggetto topico |
Communicable diseases
Epidemics Hazardous substances |
ISBN |
1-118-39325-2
1-118-39327-9 1-118-39326-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Emerging Epidemics: Management and Control; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; Emerging Epidemics Management and Control; Chapter 1 Prologue; Introduction; Causative Factors; The Epidemiologic Triangle or Triad: Agent, Host, and Environment; An Interaction of Genetic and Environmental Factors; Salient Features; Emerging Epidemics; Bacterial Agents; Viral Agents; Re-Emerging Epidemics; Bacterial Diseases; Viral Diseases; Antimicrobial Resistance; Public Health Implications; References; Chapter 2 Epidemics Fundamentals; Introduction; Definitions; Declaring an Epidemic
Control of a Disease Types of Epidemics; Point-Source Epidemics (Single-Exposure Epidemics); Propagated Epidemics (Continuous- or Multiple-Exposure Epidemics); Seasonal Cyclicity of Epidemics; Secular Cyclicity of Epidemics; Epidemics of Noncommunicable Diseases; Epidemiological Triad; Agent Factors; Host Factors; Environmental Factors; Forecasting an Epidemic; Surveillance Data; Data from Health-Care System; Forecasting Techniques; Contingency Plan; Manpower; Money; Materials; Transport; Hospitals and Health Facilities; Media; Laboratory Support; Investigation of Epidemics Verification of Initial Reports Steps for Case Definition; Formulating a Working Hypothesis; Field Investigation and Case Finding; Laboratory Investigations; Detecting Source or Reservoir of Infection; Contact Tracing; Labeling and Information; Storage and Transportation of Specimens; Data Analysis; Management of Epidemics; Control of Epidemics; Control of Reservoir or Source of Infection; Interrupting Transmission; Protecting Susceptible Population; Principles of Planning Emergency Services; Policies and Protocols; Classification of Emergency Facilities; Coordination Mobilization of Resources Quality of Emergency Services; References; Chapter 3 Disasters and Epidemics; Fundamentals; Contributory Factors; Investigation of Rumors; References; Chapter 4 Biosafety; Introduction; Components; Risk Assessment; Laboratory Safety Management; Biohazard Guidelines; Laboratory Biosecurity; Biological Laboratory Emergencies; Hand Washing; Preventing Needlestick Injuries; Safe Transport of Biological Material; Triple Packaging System; Transport Regulations; Safe Decontamination of Spills; Composition of a Basic Spill Kit; Blood Spills Spill in a Biological Safety Cabinet Spill of a Biohazardous Radioactive Material; Safe Handling of Dead Bodies; Personal Protective Equipment; Management of Biomedical Waste; Collection and Transport; Infection Control Check List; Biosafety Levels; Biosafety Level-1; Biosafety Level-2; Biosafety Level-3; Biosafety Level-4; Accreditation of Hospitals and Laboratories; References; Chapter 5 Tuberculosis; History; Ancient Times; The Dark Ages: 400-1400 A.D.; 1400-1800; 1800's and early 1900's; Treatments in the Past; Advent of Antitubercular Drugs; Magnitude; Global Situation; Asia; Agent Factors Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812106803321 |
Bisen Prakash S | ||
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An epidemic of rumors : how stories shape our perception of disease / / Jon D. Lee ; Dan Miller, cover design |
Autore | Lee Jon D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics
Epidemics - Social aspects Communicable diseases - Public opinion - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4920-1322-6
0-87421-929-9 0-87402-292-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Yellow Brick Road; 1. Chronicle of a Health Panic; 2. SARS and AIDS: A Comparison of Etiological Legends; 3. We Gather Together: SARS and Public Space; 4. Private Actions in Public Spaces: SARS and Paradigm Violations; 5. "Please Receive Communion through Your Hands": Personal and Communal Mediation of Stigma in the 2003 SARS Epidemic; 6. The Cause and the Cure: Folk Medicine and SARS; 7. This Little Virus Went to Market: A Comparison of H1N1 Narratives; 8. Full Circle: The Recycling of Disease Narratives; Epilogue: . . . And the World Moved On?
Appendix: A Contribution toward a Typology of Disease NarrativesReferences; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463759803321 |
Lee Jon D. | ||
Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An epidemic of rumors : how stories shape our perception of disease / / Jon D. Lee ; Dan Miller, cover design |
Autore | Lee Jon D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics
Epidemics - Social aspects Communicable diseases - Public opinion - Psychological aspects |
ISBN |
1-4920-1322-6
0-87421-929-9 0-87402-292-4 |
Classificazione | SOC011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Yellow Brick Road; 1. Chronicle of a Health Panic; 2. SARS and AIDS: A Comparison of Etiological Legends; 3. We Gather Together: SARS and Public Space; 4. Private Actions in Public Spaces: SARS and Paradigm Violations; 5. "Please Receive Communion through Your Hands": Personal and Communal Mediation of Stigma in the 2003 SARS Epidemic; 6. The Cause and the Cure: Folk Medicine and SARS; 7. This Little Virus Went to Market: A Comparison of H1N1 Narratives; 8. Full Circle: The Recycling of Disease Narratives; Epilogue: . . . And the World Moved On?
Appendix: A Contribution toward a Typology of Disease NarrativesReferences; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787994503321 |
Lee Jon D. | ||
Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An epidemic of rumors : how stories shape our perception of disease / / Jon D. Lee ; Dan Miller, cover design |
Autore | Lee Jon D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics
Epidemics - Social aspects Communicable diseases - Public opinion - Psychological aspects |
ISBN |
1-4920-1322-6
0-87421-929-9 0-87402-292-4 |
Classificazione | SOC011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Yellow Brick Road; 1. Chronicle of a Health Panic; 2. SARS and AIDS: A Comparison of Etiological Legends; 3. We Gather Together: SARS and Public Space; 4. Private Actions in Public Spaces: SARS and Paradigm Violations; 5. "Please Receive Communion through Your Hands": Personal and Communal Mediation of Stigma in the 2003 SARS Epidemic; 6. The Cause and the Cure: Folk Medicine and SARS; 7. This Little Virus Went to Market: A Comparison of H1N1 Narratives; 8. Full Circle: The Recycling of Disease Narratives; Epilogue: . . . And the World Moved On?
Appendix: A Contribution toward a Typology of Disease NarrativesReferences; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816355103321 |
Lee Jon D. | ||
Boulder, Colorado : , : Utah State University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epidemics : models and data using R / / Ottar N. Bjørnstad |
Autore | Bjørnstad Ottar N. |
Edizione | [Second edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 pages) |
Disciplina | 616.9 |
Collana | Use R! |
Soggetto topico |
Communicable diseases
Epidemics Epidemics - statistics & numerical data Communicable Diseases Software Epidèmies Malalties infeccioses Processament de dades R (Llenguatge de programació) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN |
9783031120565
9783031120558 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910634047503321 |
Bjørnstad Ottar N. | ||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epidemics : science, governance and social justice / / edited by Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4 |
Collana | Pathways to sustainability series |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics
Epidemics - Social aspects Epidemics - Political aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-136-53221-8
1-282-78978-3 9786612789786 1-136-53222-6 1-84977-642-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Epidemics; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Epidemic Narratives: Melissa Leach and Sarah Dry; 2. New Rules for Health? Epidemics and the International Health Regulations: Sarah Dry; 3. Haemorrhagic Fevers: Narratives, Politics and Pathways: Melissa Leach and Barry S. Hewlett; 4. SARS, China and Global Health Governance: Gerald Bloom; 5. Constructing AIDS: Contesting Perspectives on an Evolving Epidemic: Jerker Edström
6. Local Practice versus Exceptionalist Rhetoric: Case Studies of HIV/AIDS Programming in South Africa: Hayley MacGregor7. Fighting the Flu: Risk, Uncertainty and Surveillance: Ian Scoones; 8. Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis: Narratives of Security, Global Health Care and Structural Violence: Paul Nightingale; 9. Epidemics of Obesity: Narratives of 'Blame' and 'Blame Avoidance': Erik Millstone; 10. Scapepigging: H1N1 Influenza in Egypt: Mariz Tadros; 11. Towards Conclusions: Science, Politics and Social Justice in Epidemic Accounts and Responses: Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach; References Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459539503321 |
Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epidemics : science, governance and social justice / / edited by Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4 |
Collana | Pathways to sustainability series |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics
Epidemics - Social aspects Epidemics - Political aspects |
ISBN |
1-136-53221-8
1-282-78978-3 9786612789786 1-136-53222-6 1-84977-642-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Epidemics; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Epidemic Narratives: Melissa Leach and Sarah Dry; 2. New Rules for Health? Epidemics and the International Health Regulations: Sarah Dry; 3. Haemorrhagic Fevers: Narratives, Politics and Pathways: Melissa Leach and Barry S. Hewlett; 4. SARS, China and Global Health Governance: Gerald Bloom; 5. Constructing AIDS: Contesting Perspectives on an Evolving Epidemic: Jerker Edström
6. Local Practice versus Exceptionalist Rhetoric: Case Studies of HIV/AIDS Programming in South Africa: Hayley MacGregor7. Fighting the Flu: Risk, Uncertainty and Surveillance: Ian Scoones; 8. Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis: Narratives of Security, Global Health Care and Structural Violence: Paul Nightingale; 9. Epidemics of Obesity: Narratives of 'Blame' and 'Blame Avoidance': Erik Millstone; 10. Scapepigging: H1N1 Influenza in Egypt: Mariz Tadros; 11. Towards Conclusions: Science, Politics and Social Justice in Epidemic Accounts and Responses: Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach; References Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785242403321 |
Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epidemics : science, governance and social justice / / edited by Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4 |
Collana | Pathways to sustainability series |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics
Epidemics - Social aspects Epidemics - Political aspects |
ISBN |
1-136-53221-8
1-282-78978-3 9786612789786 1-136-53222-6 1-84977-642-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Epidemics; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Epidemic Narratives: Melissa Leach and Sarah Dry; 2. New Rules for Health? Epidemics and the International Health Regulations: Sarah Dry; 3. Haemorrhagic Fevers: Narratives, Politics and Pathways: Melissa Leach and Barry S. Hewlett; 4. SARS, China and Global Health Governance: Gerald Bloom; 5. Constructing AIDS: Contesting Perspectives on an Evolving Epidemic: Jerker Edström
6. Local Practice versus Exceptionalist Rhetoric: Case Studies of HIV/AIDS Programming in South Africa: Hayley MacGregor7. Fighting the Flu: Risk, Uncertainty and Surveillance: Ian Scoones; 8. Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis: Narratives of Security, Global Health Care and Structural Violence: Paul Nightingale; 9. Epidemics of Obesity: Narratives of 'Blame' and 'Blame Avoidance': Erik Millstone; 10. Scapepigging: H1N1 Influenza in Egypt: Mariz Tadros; 11. Towards Conclusions: Science, Politics and Social Justice in Epidemic Accounts and Responses: Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach; References Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799970703321 |
Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epidemics : science, governance and social justice / / edited by Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4 |
Collana | Pathways to sustainability series |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics
Epidemics - Social aspects Epidemics - Political aspects |
ISBN |
1-136-53221-8
1-282-78978-3 9786612789786 1-136-53222-6 1-84977-642-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Epidemics; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Epidemic Narratives: Melissa Leach and Sarah Dry; 2. New Rules for Health? Epidemics and the International Health Regulations: Sarah Dry; 3. Haemorrhagic Fevers: Narratives, Politics and Pathways: Melissa Leach and Barry S. Hewlett; 4. SARS, China and Global Health Governance: Gerald Bloom; 5. Constructing AIDS: Contesting Perspectives on an Evolving Epidemic: Jerker Edström
6. Local Practice versus Exceptionalist Rhetoric: Case Studies of HIV/AIDS Programming in South Africa: Hayley MacGregor7. Fighting the Flu: Risk, Uncertainty and Surveillance: Ian Scoones; 8. Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis: Narratives of Security, Global Health Care and Structural Violence: Paul Nightingale; 9. Epidemics of Obesity: Narratives of 'Blame' and 'Blame Avoidance': Erik Millstone; 10. Scapepigging: H1N1 Influenza in Egypt: Mariz Tadros; 11. Towards Conclusions: Science, Politics and Social Justice in Epidemic Accounts and Responses: Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach; References Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817533003321 |
Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epidemics |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Amsterdam], : Elsevier, ©2009- |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 616.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics
Communicable diseases Infection Communicable Diseases Disease Outbreaks Infections |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodical
Periodicals. |
ISSN | 1878-0067 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Journal on infectious disease dynamics |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996208376203316 |
[Amsterdam], : Elsevier, ©2009- | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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