 | | (introduction...) |
| | Acknowledgements |
| | 1. Introduction |
 | | 2. Explanation of terms and general lines of action |
| | 3. Organization of an emergency health service |
| | 4. Procedures for epidemiological investigations |
| | 5. Analysis of investigation data |
| | 6. General measures for the control of outbreaks |
| | 7. Follow-up of control measures |
| | ANNEX 1 - Explanation of epidemiological terms1 |
| | ANNEX 2 - Procedures for assembling epidemiological data and formulating and testing hypotheses of causation |
| | ANNEX 3 - Diseases that may cause epidemics1 |
| | ANNEX 4 - Standard precautions, isolation and medical evacuation for diseases with person-to-person transmission |
| | ANNEX 5 - Collection and shipment of laboratory specimens |
| | ANNEX 6 - Identification of arthropod and rodent vectors of communicable diseases and use of insecticides and rodenticides |
| | ANNEX 7 - Decontamination procedures |
| | ANNEX 8 - Informal Consultation on Strategies for the Control of Emergencies Caused by Epidemics of Communicable Disease, 9-13 November 1981 |
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