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Taylor & Francis/CRC Press H and book of Infectious Disease Data Analysis by Niel Hens and and Philip O'Neill and Jacco Wallinga and Leonhard Held
Recent years have seen an explosion in new kinds of data on infectious diseases, including data on social contacts, whole genome sequences of pathogens, biomarkers for susceptibility to infection, serological panel data, and surveillance data. The Handbook of Infectious Disease Data Analysis provides an overview of many key statistical methods that have been developed in response to such new data streams and the associated ability to address key scientific and epidemiological questions. A unique feature of the Handbook is the wide range of topics covered. Key featuresContributors include many leading researchers in the fieldDivided into four main sections: Basic concepts, Analysis of Outbreak Data, Analysis of Seroprevalence Data, Analysis of Surveillance DataNumerous case studies and examples throughoutProvides both introductory material and key reference materialshow more