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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have been using this manual for the past 20 years. The manual has always provided clear, brief, concise information on infectious diseases, striking the right balance between essentiality and detail. Particularly valuable in situations where one is left to one's own devices, somewhere in the midst of nowhere. Also very valuable as reference material for training. The latest updated version has the added benefit of an even clearer and more user-friendly lay-out.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent reference book. It systematically outlines the epidemiology and the means to control for each communicable disease in alphabetical order. With this you can handle anything!
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
very practical reference manual
16 Nov 2005
Format:Paperback
This book is a great reference for epidemiology of infectious diseases. The main strength of the book is that it is packed with practical public health information, so that you don't have to wade through pages of extraneous clinical facts. In other words this is not an expanded version of the infectious disease chapters of the Merck Manual or Harrison's. Those are great references in their own right, but they're not always the most useful books to pull off the shelf when you need to consider public health measures. In the CCDM, diseases are presented in alphabetical order from AIDS to zygomycosis. Entries are broken down into the following sections: identification, infectious agent, occurence, reservoir, mode of transmission, incubation period, period of communicability, susceptibility, and methods of control. The emphasis is generally heaviest upon prevention and control. As for the negatives, the binding of the paperpack version is extremely poor (I am not sure if the hardcover is any better or not). Due to the small page size, the print is fairly small throughout, but not so much as to be really annoying. There are a couple of places in the book though (map on back cover and immunization schedule chart) where the text is so small that I'd call it illegible. Other than these instances of poor production this is a really practical and worthwhile book to own.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
The Best of its Kind
25 Sep 2005
Format:Paperback
As a public health medical officer, I refer to this text daily. It is completely indispensible, and has been for many years. This new edition by David Heymann even incorporates Emerging Infectious Diseases such as SARS and the implications of EIDS for Homeland Security. Buy it!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great handbook of diseases
2 Aug 2006
Format:Paperback
This book is extremely handy for everyday use and study of communicable diseases. It helps whether you are a student or a practitioner needing to brush up on the details of a disease.
It has a clear, well organised format that provides necessary information on identifying a specific disease, transmission, control and treatment. Many of the entries are written by collaborators who are experts in the respective diseases.
The compact size of the text makes it all the more useful, but the binding on the paperback edition is quite poor.
It has a clear, well organised format that provides necessary information on identifying a specific disease, transmission, control and treatment. Many of the entries are written by collaborators who are experts in the respective diseases.
The compact size of the text makes it all the more useful, but the binding on the paperback edition is quite poor.
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