Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook (eBook)

Karl Ekdahl, Norman Begg, Ralf Reintjes, Obaghe Edeghere (Autoren)

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2025 | 5. Auflage
828 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-394-32770-6 (ISBN)

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Authoritative, up-to-date guide to current protocols surrounding the identification and control of infectious diseases

Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook provides practical advice for specific situations and the important background knowledge that underlies communicable disease control activities. The book, designed to be concise and accessible, explains topics ranging from basic principles to recent changes and innovations in health protection practice. Major syndromes and individual infections are insightfully addressed, as well as an outline of the World Health Organization's international health regulations and the organizational arrangements in place in all European Union nations. This Fifth Edition has been thoroughly revised to capture new developments in the area, especially those following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook includes information on:

• Meningitis and meningism, gastrointestinal infection, community acquired pneumonia, rash in pregnancy, rash and fever in children, and illness in returning travelers
• Amoebic dysentery, anthrax, botulism, chickenpox and shingles, chlamydia trachomatis, and cholera
• Managing incidents and outbreaks, community infection control, hospital infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, and risks to and from healthcare workers
• Prevention of blood-borne infections, migrant and refugee health, managing acute chemical and radiation incidents, and global health security

Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection Handbook is an essential reference for public health professionals working in communicable disease control and health protection, public health physicians, epidemiologists, public health nurses, infection control nurses, environmental health officers, microbiologists, policy makers, and general practitioners.

Professor Karl Ekdahl is the CEO for 'Prosanis Sverige AB' and Medical Director for 'Reserådet', Sweden's largest Internet portal on vaccines and travel medicine.

Dr. Norman Begg is a vaccine consultant who acts as a regular advisor to the World Health Organization.

Professor Ralf Reintjes is a Full Professor for Epidemiology and Public Health Surveillance in Hamburg, Germany and Adjunct Professor for Infectious Disease Epidemiology in Tampere, Finland.

Dr. Obaghe Edeghere is the Deputy Director for the Field Services division at the UK Health Security Agency.

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List of Abbreviations

ABPA

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

ACA

Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans

ACWY

Meningococcal conjugate vaccine covering serogroups A, C, W, Y

ADE

Antibody‐dependent enhancement (from dengue context)

AE

Adverse event

AEA

Atomic Energy Authority

AFB

Acid‐fast bacilli

AFM

Acute flaccid myelitis

AFP

Acute flaccid paralysis

AGES

Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (Austria)

AIH

Autoimmune hepatitis

ALT

Alanine aminotransferase

AMR

Antimicrobial resistance

AMS

Antimicrobial stewardship

anti‐HBc

Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen

anti‐HBe

Antibody to hepatitis B e antigen

anti‐HBs

Antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen

APHA

Animal and Plant Health Agency

ARDS

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

ARI

Acute respiratory infection

ASP

Antimicrobial stewardship programme

AST

Aspartate aminotransferase

AV

Atrio‐ventricular

AVIQ

Agence pour une Vie de Qualité (Wallonia, Belgium)

BAL

Bronchoalveolar lavage

BASG

Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (Austria)

BCG

Bacille Calmette–Guérin

BMSGPK

Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection (Austria)

BSE

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

BSI

Bloodstream infection

BSL

Biosafety level

CA

Community associated

CA‐MRSA

Community‐associated meticillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus

CA/UA

Community associated / unknown association

cART

Combination antiretroviral therapy

CAS

Chemical Abstract Service

CCDC

Consultant in Communicable Disease Control

CCR5

Chemokine receptor 5

CD4

Cluster of differentiation 4

CDC

Communicable Disease Control (also US CDC in context)

CF

Complement fixation (serological test)

CFT

Complement fixation test

CFU

Colony‐forming units

CHIS

Child Health Information System (UK immunisation database)

CHP

Consultant in Health Protection

CIPC

Community infection prevention and control

CIPH

Croatian Institute of Public Health (Croatia)

CJD

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

CLABSI

Central‐line associated bloodstream infection

CMI

Cell‐mediated immunity

CMV

Cytomegalovirus

CNS

Central nervous system

COCOM

Common Community Commission (Brussels‐Capital Region, Belgium)

COMAH

Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations

COSHH

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

COVID‐19

Coronavirus disease 2019

CPE

Carbapenemase‐producing Enterobacterales

CPO

Carbapenemase‐producing organism

CRE

Carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacterales

CRISPR

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats

CRS

Congenital rubella syndrome

CSF

Cerebrospinal fluid

CT

Chlamydia trachomatis or Computed tomography

CV

Coxsackievirus

DAT

Direct agglutination test (Leishmaniasis diagnosis)

DEET

N,N‐diethyl‐meta‐toluamide

DEFRA

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK)

DENV

Dengue virus (serotypes 1–4)

DFA

Direct fluorescent antibody

DG SANTE

Directorate‐General for Health and Food Safety (European Commission)

DGI

Disseminated gonococcal infection

DHF

Dengue haemorrhagic fever

DHSC

Department of Health and Social Care (UK)

DIPC

Director of Infection Prevention and Control

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

DOTS

Directly Observed Therapy, Short‐course

DPH

Director of Public Health

DT/PT

Definitive type / phage type

DTP

Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis vaccine

EARS‐Net

European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network

EBNA‐IgG

Epstein–Barr nuclear antigen IgG

ECDC

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

EEA

European Economic Area

EFNS

European Federation of Neurological Societies

EFSA

European Food Safety Authority

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

EHO

Environmental health officer

EIA

Enzyme immunoassay

ELISA

Enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay

EM

Electron microscopy

EpiPulse

European surveillance system operated by ECDC

EPP

Exposure‐prone procedure

EPR

Emergency preparedness and response

EPRR

Emergency preparedness, resilience and response

EQA

External quality assessment

ERVIS

European Respiratory Virus Surveillance platform

ESBL

Extended‐spectrum beta‐lactamase

EU

European Union

EU4Health

European Union’s health programme (2021–2027)

EV

Enterovirus

EVD

Ebola virus disease

EWRS

Early Warning and Response System

FPS Health

Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (Belgium)

FSA

Food Standards Agency (UK)

G6PD

Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase

GDH

Glutamate dehydrogenase

GI

Gastrointestinal

Giemsa

Giemsa stain

GIS

Geographic Information System

GP

General practitioner

GUM

Genitourinary medicine

HACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

HaDEA

European Health and Digital Executive Agency

HAI

Healthcare‐associated infection

HAI‐Net

Healthcare‐Associated Infections Surveillance Network (ECDC)

HAV

Hepatitis A virus

HBc

Hepatitis B core antigen

HBe

Hepatitis B e antigen

HBIG

Hepatitis B immunoglobulin

HBsAg

Hepatitis B surface antigen

HBV

Hepatitis B virus

HCAI

Healthcare‐associated infection

HCMV

Human cytomegalovirus

HCV

Hepatitis C virus

HCW

Healthcare worker

HDV

Hepatitis delta virus

HE

Haematoxylin and eosin

HEPA

High‐efficiency particulate air

HERA

Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority

HEV

Hepatitis E virus

HFMD

Hand, foot and mouth disease

HFRS

Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

HHV‐5

Human herpesvirus 5

Hib

Haemophilus influenzae type b

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

HNIG

Human normal immunoglobulin

HPAI

Highly pathogenic avian influenza

HPS

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

HPT

Health Protection Team

HPV

Human papillomavirus

HSA

Health and Safety Authority (UK)

HSCT

Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation

HSE

Health and Safety Executive

HSV‐1 / HSV‐2

Herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2

HUS

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

HUSc

Haemolytic uremic syndrome (childhood)

HWB

Health and Well‐being Board (UK)

IACS

International Alliance for the Control of Scabies

ICRP

International Commission on Radiological Protection

ICS / ICBs

Integrated Care Systems / Integrated Care Boards (England)

ICU

Intensive care unit

ID50

Infectious dose for 50% of exposed humans

IDU

Intravenous drug user

IFA

Immunofluorescence assay

IFAT

Immunofluorescence antibody test

IgG

Immunoglobulin G

IgM

Immunoglobulin M

IGRA

Interferon‐gamma release assay

IHR

International Health Regulations

IID

Intestinal infectious diseases

IIS

Immunisation information system

ILI

Influenza‐like illness

IPC

Infection prevention and control

IRR17

Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (UK)

ISIN

Infectious Disease Information System (Czech Republic)

IV

Intravenous

JEV

Japanese encephalitis virus

KPC

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase

KWC

Killed...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.12.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: community infections • Covid 19 • Disease Management • health incident • health outbreak • health regulations • Health surveillance • Hospital infection control • Migrant health • refugee health • Travel health • who regulations
• ISBN-10: 1-394-32770-6 / 1394327706
• ISBN-13: 978-1-394-32770-6 / 9781394327706