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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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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.

  Inhalt

  About the Authors

  Foreword (to be added, possibly by ECDC Director)

  List of Abbreviations (yet to come)

  Section A: Basic concepts

  A.1 How to use this book

  A.2. Basic concepts in the epidemiology and control of infectious disease

  A.3 Basic concepts in the prevention of infection

  A.4 Emergency risk communication

  A.5 Health protection on call

  Section B: Syndromes

  B.1 Meningitis and meningism

  B.2 Gastrointestinal infection

  B.3 Community acquired pneumonia

  B.4 Rash in pregnancy

  B.5 Rash and fever in children

  B.6 Illness in returning travellers

  B.7 Jaundice

  B.8 Infection in the immunosuppressed

  Section C: Diseases

  C.1 Amoebic dysentery

  C.2 Anthrax

  C.3 Bacillus cereus

  C.4 Botulism

  C.5 Brucellosis

  C.6 Campylobacter

  C.7 Chickenpox and shingles (varicella-zoster infections)

  C.8 Chickungunya

  C.9 Chlamydophila pneumoniae

  C.10 Chlamydia trachomatis

  C.11 Cholera

  C.12 CJD and other human transmissible spongiform encep

  C13 Clostridioides difficile

  C14 Clostridium perfringens

  C15 Corona viruses excluding Covid-19

  C16 COVID-19

  C17 Cryptosporidiosis

  C18 Cyclosporiasis

  C19 Cytomegalovirus

  C20 Dengue fever

  C21 Diphtheria

  C.22 Enterococci, including Glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE)

  C23 Enterovirus infections, including hand, foot and mouth disease

  C24 Epstein-Barr virus

  C25 Giardiasis

  C.26 Gram negative bacteraemia (including Carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales)

  C.27 Gonorrhoea, syphilis and other acute STIs

  C28 Hantavirus

  C29 Headlice

  C30 Helicobacter pylori

  C31 Hepatitis A

  C32. Hepatitis B

  C33 Hepatitis C

  C34 Delta Hepatitis

  C35 Hepatitis E

  C36 Herpes simplex

  C37 Haemophilus influenzae type b

  C38 HIV and AIDS

  C39 Influenza

  C40 Japanese B encephalitis

  C41 Legionellosis

  C42 Leprosy

  C43 Leptospirosis

  C44 Listeriosis

  C45 Lyme disease (Borreliosis)

  C46 Malaria

  C47 Measles

  C48 Meningococcal infection

  C49 MRSA (Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

  C50 Mumps

  C51 Mycoplasma pneumoniae

  C52 Norovirus

  C53 Paratyphoid fever

  C54 Parvovirus B19 (Fifth disease)

  C55 Plague

  C56 Pneumococcal infection

  C57 Poliomyelitis

  C58 Psittacosis

  C59 Q fever

  C60 Rabies

  C61 Relapsing fever

  C62 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

  C63 Ringworm

  C64 Rotavirus

  C65 Rubella

  C66 Salmonellosis

  C67 Scabies

  C68 Schistosomiasis

  C69 Shigellosis

  C.70 Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and other diarrhoeagenic E. coli

  C71 Smallpox/Mpox

  C72 Staphylococcal food poisoning

  C73 Streptococcal infections

  C74Tetanus

  C75 Threadworms

  C76 Tick-borne encephalitis

  C77 Toxocara

  C78 Toxoplasmosis

  C79 Tuberculosis (and other Mycobacteria)

  C80 Tularaemia

  C81Typhoid fever

  C82 Vibrio parahaemolyticus

  C83Viral haemorrhagic fevers, including Ebola

  C84 Warts and verrucae

  C85 West Nile virus

  C86 Whooping cough

  C87 Yellow fever

  C88 Yersiniosis

  C89 Zika virus

  C90 Rare diseases:

  C90.1 - Bacteria

  C90.2 Rickettsia, including typhus and ehrlichia

  C90.3 Viruses

  C90.4 Protozoa

  C90.5 Helminths

  C90.6 Fungi

  C90.7 Bites, stings + venoms

  C90.8 Chemical food-borne illness

  Section D: Health protection services and functions

  D01 Surveillance of Comm Dis

  D02 Managing Incidents and Outbreaks

  D03 Community Infection Control

  D04 Hospital Infection Control

  D05 Antimicrobial stewardship

  D06 Risks to & from from healthcare workers

  D07 Immunisation services

  D08 Cöordination of sexual health services

  D09 Prevention of blood-borne infections

  D10 Services for TB control

  D11 Travel Health

  D12 Migrant + refugee health

  D13 Emergency Preparedness Planning + Response

  D14 Non-infectious environmental hazards

  D15 Managing acute chemical incidents

  D16 Managing acute radiation incidents

  D17 Deliberate release of biological/chem/rad

  D18 Clinical governance and audit

  D19 Global health security

  Setion E: Organisational arrangements

  E01 WHO+ International Health Regulations

  E02 International collaboration in Europe

  E03 Detailed national example - England

  E04 Austria

  E05 Belguim

  E06 Bulgaria

  E07 Croatia

  E08 Cyprus

  E09 Czech Rep

  E10 Denmark

  E11 Estonia

  E12 Finland

  E13 France

  E14 Germany

  E15 Greece

  E16 Hungary

  E17 Iceland

  E18 Republic of Ireland

  E19 Italy

  E20 Latvia

  E21 Lithuania

  E22 Luxemburg

  E23 Malta

  E24 The Netherlands

  E25 Norway

  E26 Poland

  E27 Portugal

  E28 Romania

  E29 Slovakia

  E30 Slovenia

  E31 Spain

  E32 Sweden

  E33 Switzerland

  E34 United Kingdom

  Sec 6: Useful information

  Appendix 1. Addresses and phones (To be updated closer to the publishing)

  Appendix 2. Guidance documents (To be updated closer to the publishing)

  Appendix 3. European national centre websites (To be updated closer to the publishing)

  Appendix 4. Useful general websites (To be updated closer to the publishing)