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edited by Kenrad E. Nelson, Carolyn Masters Williams, and Neil M. H. Graham, 748 pp, with illus, $79, ISBN 0-8342-1766-X, Gaithersburg, Md, Aspen Publishers, 2001.

JAMA. 2001;286:355-356.

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Priceless paintings are created from simple small brushstrokes. In the same way, epidemiologists collect simple inconspicuous data and craft it into multifaceted pictures of disease in a human population. Such pictures frequently enable us to identify and control a disease before its causative agent can be identified or specific pharmacological treatment developed. This is the art of epidemiology, and it is expertly presented by the authors of Infectious Disease Epidemiology.

This introductory text does not require prior training in public health or statistics although an undergraduate level understanding of microbiology is necessary to fully appreciate many of the chapters. All but one of the authors are affiliated with Johns Hopkins University and, thus, are among the most prestigious faculty in the field of public health. About 40% of the book is devoted to introducing epidemiological methods pertinent to infectious disease. Readers not already familiar with these methods will find clearly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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