Infectious diseases epidemiology
- 1Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
- 2National Infectious Diseases Surveillance Unit, Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil
- Correspondence to: Professor M L Barreto Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Federal University of Bahia, Rua Padre Feijó, 29 Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; mauricio{at}ufba.br
- Accepted 25 October 2005
Abstract
In this glossary the authors have reviewed old and new terms contemporarily used in the infectious disease epidemiology. Many of these concepts were established throughout the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century (classic terms), however, the meanings of old terms have been revised and new terms are continually being added. This glossary has therefore reviewed the classic and the more recently established terminology defining the most relevant terms contemporarily used in this field.
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Funding: none.
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Conflicts of interest: none declared.
