Author	Cliff, A. D. (Andrew David)
Title	Oxford textbook of infectious disease control [electronic resource] : a geographical analysis from medieval quarantine to global eradication / Andrew Cliff, Matthew Smallman-Raynor
Imprint	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199596614.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource : ill. (some col.)

This title is a comprehensive analysis of spatial theory and the practical methods used to prevent the geographical spread of communicable diseases in humans. Drawing on current and historical examples spanning seven centuries from across the globe, this indispensable volume demonstrates how to mitigate the public health impact of infections in disease hotspots and prevent the propagation of infection from such hotspots into other geographical locations

1. Epidemics -- Prevention
2. Communicable diseases -- Transmission