Control of Communicable Diseases Manual / Edition 20

by David Heymann

Overview

The Control of Communicable Diseases Manual is the most widely recognized sourcebook on infectious diseases. The 18th edition addresses concerns about the impact of communicable diseases around the globe as communicable diseases, new and unknown, continue to thrive, kill, maim and surprise the masses.

Among the diseases addressed in the new edition is a chapter on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The emergence of this disease so clearly demonstrates that every country is vulnerable and that the impact of this communicable disease has been felt worldwide.

Provided in detail in the 18th edition of CCDM:

• Accurate, informative text for public health workers in official and voluntary health agencies, including those serving in the armed forces and other governmental agencies, and for all students of medicine.
• Each listing in this easy-to-read, easy-to-understand manual includes identification, infectious agent, occurrence, mode of transmission, incubation period, susceptibility and resistance, and methods of control that are not limited to but include prevention and epidemic control measures.
• Translations into several languages - currently Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Serbian, Indonesian and Italian make this text a global treasure.

The Control of Communicable Diseases Manual has only had five editors in its history. The newest editor to take on the task of diligently overseeing the 18 th edition is Dr. David Heymann who, along with his team from the World Health Organization (W.H.O), compiled an impressive group of experts from around the world to serve as reviewers, authors and editors. Thanks to their due diligence, this book has been transformed into a resource responsive to the needs of the global health community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875530185
Publisher:	American Public Health Association Publications
Publication date:	12/01/2014
Pages:	729
Product dimensions:	4.30(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.30(d)

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Anne L. O'Keefe, MD, MPH (Douglas County NE Health Department)
Description: The 20th edition of the Control of Communicable Diseases Manual (CCDM) updates the 2008 edition with plenty of new content. A web-based, interactive, and searchable version is under development and is slated to be ready in mid to late 2015.
Purpose: This is meant to be a quick, convenient pocket reference with key information needed for the prevention and control of communicable diseases. It is not meant to be a comprehensive clinical manual on each disease. The website, when completed, will provide an easy mechanism for more timely updates in this rapidly evolving field.
Audience: The targeted audience includes anyone whose concern is the control of communicable diseases. Its size and the breadth of content make it ideal to literally take into the field, but it is also intended for use by front line communicable disease control staff in any public health authority's office. It is written by a large panel of highly respected authors, reviewers, and editors.
Features: The book covers a comprehensive list of infectious diseases of international importance, with well over 100 chapters on individual diseases or groups of diseases. Much more than just updated details and new conditions have been added in this edition. Some topics have become their own chapters and other chapters have been merged, reorganized, or retitled making them easier to find. A new introductory chapter on communicable diseases at the human-animal interface, aka "One Health," has been added. The concept of One Health is an integrated and holistic approach to address human health, emphasizing the prevention of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases at their origin. One Health also considers social, economic, and environmental factors. There have been some slight changes to the standard format of each chapter that improve the book's usability in practice. Notably, the methods of control section has been broken into two sections, one on management of the patient and one on management of the contacts and control of spread. Each disease is also identified by the WHO's International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) numeric code. ICD-9 codes are not included, as they were in the previous edition.
Assessment: Public health professionals and others concerned with the control of communicable diseases eagerly await each update of this authoritative and practical book, as it has been a key standard reference for over 100 years. Public health practitioners are confident that control measures recommended by this book are evidence-based and accepted.

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