Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 21st Edition
by David L. Heymann (editor) · American Public Health Association
APHA's official reference on identification, reservoirs, transmission modes, incubation periods and control measures for hundreds of communicable diseases. Readers can look up the standard public health response — isolation, prophylaxis, contact management, reporting requirements — for any named infection.
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