Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control

Anderson, Roy M.; May, Robert M.

ISBN 10: 0198545991 / ISBN 13: 9780198545996

Published by Oxford University Press, 1991

About this Item

A major monograph on the control of infectious diseases by Lord Robert May, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government and President of the Royal Academy, and Sir Roy Anderson, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defence and Fellow of the Royal Academy

Black cloth boards with title and authors in gold or red, with original clear plastic wrapper.
Unmarked, no inscriptions. Very good, if not fine, condition
pp vii, 1 - 757

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198545991
• ISBN 13: 9780198545996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 4.78W x 16.36H x 24.13D centimeters 4.78 centimeters width by 16.36 centimeters height by 24.13 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1500 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This book deals with infectious diseases -- viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth -- in terms of the dynamics of their interaction with host populations. The book combines mathematical models with extensive use of epidemiological and other data. This analytic framework is highly useful for the evaluation of public health strategies aimed at controlling or eradicating particular infections. Such a framework is increasingly important in light of the widespread concern for primary health care programs aimed at such diseases as measles, malaria, river blindness, sleeping sickness, and schistosomiasis, and the advent of AIDS/HIV and other emerging viruses. Throughout the book, the mathematics is used as a tool for thinking clearly about fundamental and applied problems having to do with infectious diseases. The book is divided into two parts, one dealing with microparasites (viruses, bacteria and protozoans) and the other with macroparasites (helminths and parasitic arthropods). Each part begins with simple models, developed in a biologically intuitive way, and then goes on to develop more complicated and realistic models as tools for public health planning. The book synthesizes previous work in this rapidly growing field (much of which is scattered between the ecological and the medical literature) with a good deal of new material.

About the Author

Roy M. Anderson is at Imperial College, London. Robert M. May is at University of Oxford and Imperial College, London.