Monitoring the health of populations by tracking disease outbreaks saving humanity from the next plague / by Steven E. Rigdon & Ronald D. Fricker, Jr.

Author/creator Rigdon, Steven E., 1955-
Other author Fricker, Ronald D., Jr., 1960-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoca Raton : CRC Press, [2020]
Descriptionpages cm
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SeriesASA-CRC series on statistical reasoning in science and society
ASA-CRC series on statistical reasoning in science and society. ^A1418113
Contents The Next Plague -- Separating Signal from Noise -- Types of Surveillance -- Traditional Surveillance -- Syndromic Surveillance -- Indirect Approaches -- Steps in Investigating an Outbreak -- The Nipah Virus -- Smallpox and the Aralsk Incident -- Syphilis and the Internet -- 2001 Anthrax Attack -- Cancer in Los Alamos -- Yellow Fever -- Microcephaly and Zika -- In Conclusion
Abstract "Today the citizens of developed counties have never experienced a large-scale disease outbreak. One reason is the success of the public health community, including epidemiologists and biostatisticians, in tracking and identifying disease outbreaks. Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks: Saving Humanity from the Next Plague is the story of the application of statistics for disease detection and tracking. The work of public health officials often critically depends on the use of statistical methods to help discern whether an outbreak may be occurring and, if there is sufficient evidence of an outbreak, then to locate and track it"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019056089
ISBN9780367242831 (hardback) (alk. paper)
ISBN9781138742345 (paperback) (alk. paper)
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