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02996aam a2200481 i 4500 001 58613FA88E9811EAB83BD64B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200505011818 008 191204s2020 fluab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019056089 020 $a 1138742341 020 $a 9781138742345 020 $a 0367242834 020 $a 9780367242831 035 $a (OCoLC)1125999886 040 $a DNLM/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 04 $a RA652.2.M3 $b R54 2020 060 10 $a WA 950 082 00 $a 614.4072/7 $2 23 100 1 $a Rigdon, Steven E., $d 1955- $e author. 245 10 $a Monitoring the health of populations by tracking disease outbreaks : $b saving humanity from the next plague / $c Steven E. Rigdon, Ronald D. Fricker, Jr. 264 1 $a Boca Raton, FL : $b CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, $c [2020] 300 $a xv, 200 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a ASA-CRC series on statistical reasoning in science and society 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The Next Plague -- Separating Signal from Noise -- Types of Surveillance -- Traditional Surveillance -- Syndromic Surveillance -- Indirect Approaches -- Steps in Investigating an Outbreak -- The Nipah Virus -- Smallpox and the Aralsk Incident -- Syphilis and the Internet -- 2001 Anthrax Attack -- Cancer in Los Alamos -- Yellow Fever -- Microcephaly and Zika -- In Conclusion 520 $a "Today the citizens of developed counties have never experienced a large-scale disease outbreak. One reason is the success of the public health community, including epidemiologists and biostatisticians, in tracking and identifying disease outbreaks. Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks: Saving Humanity from the Next Plague is the story of the application of statistics for disease detection and tracking. The work of public health officials often critically depends on the use of statistical methods to help discern whether an outbreak may be occurring and, if there is sufficient evidence of an outbreak, then to locate and track it"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Epidemiology $x Statistical methods. 650 0 $a Communicable diseases $x Statistical methods. $x Statistical methods. 650 0 $a Public health $x Statistical methods. 650 12 $a Epidemiologic Methods. 650 12 $a Disease Outbreaks. 650 22 $a Statistics as Topic. 650 22 $a Public Health Practice. 650 22 $a Biostatistics $x methods. 700 1 $a Fricker, Ronald D., $c Jr., $d 1960- $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Rigdon, Steven E., $d 1955- $t Monitoring the health of populations by tracking disease outbreaks $b Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2020] $z 9781315182384 $w (DLC) 2019056090 830 0 $a ASA-CRC series on statistical reasoning in science and society 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305043019.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=58613FA88E9811EAB83BD64B97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search