Infection epidemiology

The Infectious Disease Epidemiology (formerly Loimologie and disease Customer ), a branch of epidemiology , is a medical discipline that deals with the spread (and control) of communicable diseases ( infectious diseases and infestations , busy), so its spatial and temporal occurrence. Infection epidemiology examines the transmission routes and pathogen reservoirs of these diseases and describes their spread in mathematical models . These are used to forecast the prevalence ( incidence and prevalence) as well as instructions for avoidance.

The infection epidemiology includes not only classical hygiene and the measures of public health care ( Public Health ) of communicable diseases and the ways of monitoring ( surveillance ). In Germany, the medical name of the specialist is a specialist in microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology .

See also

• Infection protection
• Plague
• Robert Koch Institute
• Base reproduction number

literature

• Wolfgang Kiehl: Infection protection and infection epidemiology. Technical terms - definitions - interpretations , Robert Koch Institute, 2015, ISBN 978-3-89606-258-1
• A. Krämer, R. Reintjes: Infection epidemiology. Methods, modern surveillance, mathematical models, global public health . Berlin, Heidelberg, New York (Springer) 2003 ISBN 3-540-42764-3