Training materials for prevention and control of infectious diseases for disease prevention and control personnel

Author: Liang Wan Nian, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book is divided into 21 chapters. After discussing the epidemiology, prevention and control, surveillance, field investigation and handling, and hospital infection and protection of infectious diseases, it provides separate discussions on the etiology and laboratory diagnosis, epidemiological characteristics, and prevention and control of 14 infectious diseases, including influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis. The target audience for this textbook includes professionals from various levels of disease prevention and control institutions, health supervisors from various levels of health supervision agencies, and prevention and health care personnel from various levels of medical institutions. The purpose of writing this textbook is to enable the aforementioned personnel to understand the epidemiological processes and prevention and control knowledge of infectious diseases, as well as to master the skills of surveillance and field investigation. During the writing process, emphasis was placed on practicality and simplicity, with a focus on cultivating fundamental knowledge and skills. The goal is to make the content simple, clear, and concise, so that health workers with secondary school or higher education can understand and apply it.