Control of Communicable Diseases in Man
Control of Communicable Diseases in Man
ISBN: 9780875531304
定价: 90.00
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PREFACE TO THE FOURTEENTH EDITION
The Control of CommunicableDiseases in Man was first published by the
American Public Health Association in i917 to present the essential facts
needed to control communicable diseases of man. The periodic revisions.
this the fourteenth, assure that the information and recommended
practices remain abreast of the advances in our knowledge of the
communicable diseases and of the changes in socioeconomic conditions.
The book is intended to provide a ready source of informanon on how to
recognizea specific disease, how to manage the patients so that the disease
does not spread, and to provide guidance for treatment to preserve life and
limit the spread of infection. It is not intended to replace more inclusive
textbooks but to be a source of basic information on which initial action
can be taken.
The events in the interval since the last edition was published bear
evidence that the problems presented by communicable diseases have not
been solved. The emergence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and
of its various disease manifestations has reemphasized the need for
competence in the communicable disease area and the need for maintain-
ing surveillance of disease occurrence. To make the issue more compli-
cated the emerging relationship between neoplasia and specific etiological
agents broadens the scope of communicable disease, and. more impor-
tantly, gives hope to preventing malignancies by applying infectious
disease principles, e.g., hepatocellular carcinoma prevented by immumza-
tion against hepatitis B.
Questions may be raised about the amountof space devoted to the
presentationof rare and exotic diseases. This is deliberate. Physicians in
developed areas are familiar with the diseases which occur in their areas.
but they have had no personal contact and usually little information about
the diseases occurring in remote areas to which their patients are exposed
in their increasing international travel: the jet plane assures their return
within the incubation period of all infectious diseases. The inclusion of
smallpox, even though it has been eradicated globally, is considered
necessary; should smallpox appear again through some mischance, it is
essential that there be a readily available source of information for rapid
recognition and appropriate immediate action. Sources of information on
these diseases may not be readily available: this book attempts to fill some
of the void.
This manual considers communicable diseases globally: While ,r is a
publication of the American Public Health Association. the presentation
alms to be international. Toward this end. the numbers assigned for each
disease by the World Health Organization International Classification of
Disease. 9th Revision. Clinical Modification ICD-9 CM) have been used:
the disease nomenclatures recommended by the Council for International