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Overview
'Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases' provides a comprehensive account of the impact and potential of molecular epidemiology in the understanding of the aetiology, transmission and control of the more important infectious diseases.The book is a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases. It opens with a section on theoretical applications of molecular epidemiology including chapters on the tools used for investigation, analysis and interpretation of data and modelling. The main section of the book contains a series of chapters on specific infectious diseases demonstrating the application of molecular epidemiology.
The book is essential reading for epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists and physicians, clinical and vetinary microbiologists and parasitologists, and public health professional.
The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Editorials
From The Critics
Reviewer: Lindsey Baden, MD, MSc(Harvard Medical School)Description: This book demonstrates how molecular biology has impacted and improved our understanding of the epidemiology of infectious diseases. The first part describes the various molecular epidemiology techniques employed while the second part is a practical approach, demonstrating the insights learned from the application of these techniques on a variety of pathogens.
Purpose: With the molecular biologic revolution, our understanding and approach to infectious agents has evolved rapidly. With the use of RFLP, PCR, RAPD, and other techniques we are now able to better discern the origins of a specific pathogen, thus resolving such age-old questions as "reactivation" vs. "new acquisition" or the "source" of a given infectious agent (microscopically between patients or macroscopically between communities).
Audience: Students or practitioners of epidemiology and/or infectious diseases will appreciate the importance of the concepts discussed.
Features: This book is well organized with a thorough introduction and review of emerging molecular typing techniques. The later chapters demonstrate the application of these techniques in improving our understanding of the origins and transmission of several important pathogens, including malaria, HIV, TB, measles, hepatitis viruses, pneumocystis, pathogenic fungi, rabies, trypanosomiasis, and arboviruses. The insights provided by these techniques in understanding the global dissemination of these emerging pathogens are invaluable.
Assessment: Readers will be surprised and enlightened by the revelations molecular biology has brought to our understanding of these diseases. The well-described concepts shared in this book will lay the foundation for understanding how traditional epidemiology has been changed forever by the progress of science. In addition, the reader will be better prepared to anticipate the directions epidemiology and the study of infectious diseases will be taking.
3 Stars from Doody