The Control Of Communicable Diseases In Man

The book is intended to provide a ready source of information on how to recognize a specific disease and how to manage patients so that they do not become sources for new cases and to provide guidance for their treatment to preserve lives. Author's abstract.

This manual considers communicable diseases globally. While it is a publication of the American Public Health Association, the presentation aims to be international. Toward this end, the numbers assigned for each disease by the World Health Association International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision (ICD-9) in the US Clinical Modification and the diseases titles have been used

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The manual addresses concerns about the impact of communicable diseases. It 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.