Author | Evans, Alfred S., 1917-1996, author |
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Title | Causation and Disease [electronic resource] : A Chronological Journey / by Alfred S. Evans |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1993 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3024-4 |
Descript | XVI, 238 p. online resource |
1. Concepts and Background of Causation -- Causality in the Natural Sciences -- Concepts of Contagion -- Epidemiology and Causation -- Causation of Epidemics in the Prebacteriology Era -- The Age of Bacteriological Discovery -- References -- 2. Causation and Bacterial Diseases -- Jacob Henle -- Edwin Klebs -- Robert Koch -- New Diseases -- References -- 3. Causation and Acute Viral Diseases -- The Epidemiological Concept -- Agents in Search of Disease -- New Diseases -- References -- 4. Slow and Persistent Viral Infections -- Unconventional or True Slow Viral Infections -- Chronic CNS Diseases Due to Conventional Viruses -- New Challenges -- Summary -- References -- 5. Viruses and Cancer -- Burkittโs Lymphoma -- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma -- Hodgkinโs Disease -- Non-Hodgkinโs Lymphoma -- Lymphomas and Other Malignancies in AIDS Patients -- Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) -- Genital Herpes, Papillomaviruses, and Cervical Cancer -- Human T-cell Leukemia Virus, Type I (HTLV-I) and T-cell Leukemia -- Summary -- References -- 6. Causation of Epidemics and Immunological Diseases -- Epidemic Diseases -- Immunological Diseases -- References -- 7. Limitations of the HenleโKoch Postulates: Effect of New Concepts and of Technology -- Factors Directly Limiting the HenleโKoch Postulates as Originally Stated -- Role of New Developments in Technology on Causation -- References -- 8. Challenges to the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in the Next Decade -- Retroviruses -- Other Infectious Agents -- Immunization Programs -- Emergence of New Viruses and New Viral Infections -- Early Diagnosis and Detection -- Other Challenges in Infectious Disease Epidemiology -- Summary -- References -- 9. Causation and Chronic Diseases -- Toward a Unified Concept -- References -- 10. Causation and Occupational Diseases -- Epidemiological Issues -- Legal Issues -- Causation and the Law -- Elements of Causal Proof in the Law -- Guidelines for Causation in Occupational Diseases -- Limitations and Applications -- Current Examples of Toxic Tort Litigation -- Possible Modifications of the System -- Summary -- References -- 11. The Clinical Illness Promotion Factor: A Third Ingredient -- Acute Infectious Diseases -- Viruses and Cancer -- Viruses and Chronic Disease -- Discussion -- References -- 12. Subclinical Epidemiology -- References -- Epilogue