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Geomed ’97

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Geomedical Systems Rostock, Germany, September 1997

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  • © 1998

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  1. Lothar Gierl

    1. University of Rostock, Germany

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  2. Andrew D. Cliff

    1. University of Cambridge, UK

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  3. Alain-Jacques Valleron

    1. Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, Paris, France

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  4. Paddy Farrington

    1. PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK

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  5. Mathias Bull

    1. University of Rostock, Germany

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Part of the book series: Informatik und Unternehmensführung (I&U)

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A key event in the development of modem epidemiology was the discovery by the English physician, John Snow, that cholera is transmitted by contaminated water. During the cholera epidemic in London in 1854, Snow mapped the locations of cholera deaths, observed a cluster of victims in a particular neighbourhood and found that most of these cases had drunk water from a communal water pump. The handle of the pump was removed at Snow's insistence, and the epidemic ended within a few days. Since these early days, the science of epidemiology has grown into a major discipline, with many successes to its credit. Many of the diseases which wreaked havoc in the last century have been brought under control, and in the case of smallpox, eliminated, through improvements in hygiene and the use of preventive and control measures such as mass vaccination. Nevertheless, in recent years, new problems have emerged, and old diseases have re-emerged. Many foodborne and waterborne disease outbreaks go unrecognized or are detected too late for effective control measures to be implemented. New infections, such as HIV, present new threats. Antimicrobial drug resistance, particularly the increase in drug resistant TB, also poses new challenges.

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-10
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  2. Geographical Epidemiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Detecting Space—Time Patterns in Geocoded Disease Data. Cholera in London, 1854 Measles in the United States, 1962–95

      • A. D. Cliff, P. Haggett, M. R. Smallman-Raynor
      Pages 13-42

    3. A Spatio-Temporal Model: An Application to the AIDS Epidemic in São Paulo, Brazil

      • Célia Landmann Szwarcwald, Francisco Inácio Bastos
      Pages 43-53

    4. A Geographic Information System Approach to Mapping AIDS in England and Wales: Standardisation of a Heterogeneous Data Set

      • A. M. Molesworth, J. F. Raper, D. J. Unwin, B. G. Evans
      Pages 54-57

    5. Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis of Motor Neurone Disease in North West England: Beyond the Address at Diagnosis

      • Clive E. Sabel, Anthony C. Gatrell
      Pages 58-69

    6. The use of density estimation techniques in mapping the distribution of Hepatitis A

      • P. J. Atkinson, D. J. Unwin
      Pages 70-82

    7. Aggregation Levels in Visualisation and Spatial Analysis of Epidemiological Data

      • Nanja van den Berg, Ramona Rudolph, Karl-Rainer von der Ahé
      Pages 83-93

  4. Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Information Systems for Surveillance of Communicable Diseases

      • A. Flahault, D. F. Parsons, P. Garnerin, A. J. Valleron
      Pages 157-170

    3. The European Influenza Surveillance Scheme First Experiences With An Internet Application

      • Helmut Uphoff
      Pages 171-182

    4. Spatial Data Analysis Support for Cancer Epidemiology in CARESS

      • Frank Wietek, Vera Kamp
      Pages 183-193

    5. Monitoring the Participation of Sentinel General Practitioner with the Health Care Workstation SITIE

      • Laurent Toubiana, Antoine Flahault
      Pages 194-203

    6. A Strategy for Geomedical Surveillance Using the Hawkeye Knowledge Discovery System

      • Daisy Y. Wong, Warren T. Jones, Stephen E. Brossette, J. Michael Hardin, Stephen A. Moser
      Pages 204-213

    7. An Early Warning System for Detection and Prediction of Outbreaks of Epidemics

      • M. Bull, G. Kundt, L. Gierl
      Pages 214-224
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Rostock, Germany

    Lothar Gierl, Mathias Bull

  • University of Cambridge, UK

    Andrew D. Cliff

  • Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, Paris, France

    Alain-Jacques Valleron

  • PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK

    Paddy Farrington

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Geomed ’97

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Geomedical Systems Rostock, Germany, September 1997

  • Editors: Lothar Gierl, Andrew D. Cliff, Alain-Jacques Valleron, Paddy Farrington, Mathias Bull

  • Series Title: Informatik und Unternehmensführung

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-95397-1

  • Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8154-2311-0Published: 01 January 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-322-95397-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1615-6374

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 275

  • Number of Illustrations: 151 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship, Engineering, general

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