Introduction -- 1. Elements of communicable diseases: 1.1. What are communicable diseases? 1.2. The agent; 1.3. Transmission; 1.4. Host factors; 1.5. The environment; 1.6. Summary; 1.7. Further reading; 2. Communicable disease theory: 2.1. Force of infection; 2.2. Epidemic theory; 2.3. Endemicity; 2.4. Quantitative dynamics; 2.5. Summary; 2.6. Further reading -- 3. Control principles and methods: 3.1. Control principles; 3.2. Control methods - vaccination; 3.3. Environmental control methods; 3.4. Vector control; 3.5. Treatment and mass drug administration; 3.6. Other control methods; 3.7. Summary; 3.8. Further reading -- 4. Control strategy and organization:; 4.1. Investigation of an outbreak; 4.2. Surveillance; 4.3. Control and eradication; 4.4. Campaigns and integrated health care; 4.5. Social factors in control programmes; 4.6. Health promotion; 4.7. Summary; 4.8. Further reading -- 5. Notification and health regulations: 5.1. International health regulations; 5.2. National health regulations; 5.3. Special surveillance; 5.4. Vaccination requirements; 5.5. Emergency response capacity; 5.6. Summary; 5.7. Further reading -- 6. Classification of communicable diseases - Ver menos

7. Diseases of poor hygiene: 7.1. Scabies; 7.2. Lice; 7.3. Superficial fungal infections (dermatophytosis); 7.4. Tropical ulcers; 7.5. Yaws; 7.6. Pinta; 7.7. Endemic syphilis (Bejel); 7.8. Trachoma; 7.9. Epidemic haemorrhagic conjunctivitis; 7.10. Ophthalmia neonatorum; 7.11. Other infections; 7.12. Summary; 7.13. Further reading -- 8. Faecal-oral diseases: 8.1. Gastroenteritis; 8.2. Rotavirus Infection; 8.3. Cryptosporidiosis; 8.4. Cholera; 8.5. Bacillary dysentery (Shigellosis); 8.6. Giardia; 8.7. Amoebiasis; 8.8. Typhoid; 8.9. Hepatitis A (HAV); 8.10. Hepatitis E (HEV); 8.11. Poliomyelitis (Polio); 8.12. Enterobius (Pinworm); 8.13. Summary; 8.14. Further reading -- 9. Food-borne diseases: 9.1. Food poisoning; 9.2. Campylobacter enteritis; 9.3. The intestinal fluke (fasciolopsis); 9.4. The sheep liver fluke (fasciola hepatica); 9.5. The fish-transmitted liver flukes; 9.6. The lung fluke; 9.7. The fish tapeworm; 9.8. The beef and pork tapeworms; 9.9. Trichinosis; 9.10. Other infections transmitted by food; 9.11. Summary; 9.12. Further reading -- 10. Diseases of soil contact: 10.1. Trichuris (Whipworm); 10.2. Ascaris; 10.3. Hookworms; 10.4. Strongyloides; 10.5. Tetanus; 10.6. Melioidosis; 10.7. Summary; 10.8. Further reading -- 11. Diseases of water contact: 11.1. Schistosomiasis; 11.2. Guinea worm; 11.3. Buruli ulcer; 11.4. Summary; 11.5. Further reading - Ver menos

12. Skin infections: 12.1 Chickenpox/shingles (varicella); 12.2. Measles; 12.3. Rubella; 12.4. Mumps; 12.5. Streptococcal skin infections; 12.6. Leprosy; 12.7. Summary; 12.8. Further reading -- 13. Respiratory diseases and other airborne-transmitted infections: 13.1. Tuberculosis; 13.2. Acute respiratory infections (ARIs); 13.3. Influenza; 13.4. Whooping cough (Pertussis); 13.5. Diphtheria; 13.6. Meningococcal meningitis; 13.7. Haemophilus influenzae (Meningitis and Pneumonia); 13.8. Pneumococcal disease; 13.9. Otitis media; 13.10. Acute rheumatic fever; 13.11. Summary; 13.12. Further reading -- 14. Diseases transmitted via body fluids; 14.1. Venereal syphilis; 14.2. Gonorrhoea; 14.3. Chlamydia; 14.4. Trichomonas and non-gonococcal urethritis; 14.5. Lymphogranuloma venereum; 14.6. Granuloma inguinale (Donovanosis); 14.7. Chancroid; 14.8. Genital herpes; 14.9. Human papillomavirus (HPV); 14.10. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); 14.11. Hepatitis B (HBV); 14.12. Hepatitis C (HCV); 14.13. Hepatitis delta (HDV); 14.14. Ebola virus disease (EVD); 14.15. Marburg disease/haemorrhagic Fever; 14.16. Lassa and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fevers; 14.17. Summary; 14.18. Further reading - Ver menos

15. Insect-borne diseases: 15.1. Mosquito-borne diseases; 15.2. Arboviruses; 15.3. Japanese encephalitis (JE); 15.4. Dengue; 15.5. Yellow fever; 15.6. Malaria; 15.7. Lymphatic filariasis; 15.8. Onchocerciasis; 15.9. Loiasis; 15.10. African trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness); 15.11. American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease); 15.12. Leishmaniasis; 15.13. Summary; 15.14. Further reading -- 16. Ectoparasite zoonoses: 16.1. Plague; 16.2. Typhus; 16.3. Louse-borne relapsing fever; 16.4. Tick-borne relapsing fever; 16.5. Diseases transmitted by hard ticks; 16.6. Tick typhus/fever; 16.7. Rocky Mountain spotted fever; 16.8. Lyme disease (Borreliosis); 16.9. Tick-borne encephalitis; 16.10. Arboviruses; 16.11. Summary; 16.12. Further reading -- 17. Domestic and synanthropic zoonoses: 17.1. Rabies; 17.2. Hydatid Disease; 17.3. Toxocariasis; 17.4. Larva Migrans; 17.5. Toxoplasmosis; 17.6. Brucellosis; 17.7. Anthrax; 17.8. Leptospirosis; 17.9. Lassa Fever; 17.10. Summary; 17.11. Further reading -- 18. Pregnancy and infection: 18.1. Before pregnancy; 18.2. During pregnancy; 18.3. Post-partum; 18.4. Summary; 18.5. Further reading -- 19. New and emerging diseases: 19.1. The animal connection; 19.2. Avian influenza and its implications; 19.3. Other animal-related emerging infections; 19.4. Arboviruses; 19.5. Antimicrobial resistance; 19.6. Bioterrorism; 19.7. Summary; 19.8. Further reading -- 20. List of communicable diseases Ver menos