Preface

The essential role of epidemiology is to improve the health of populations. Advances in epidemiology research are expected to play a central role in medicine and public health in the 21st century by providing information for disease prediction and prevention.

This book represents an overview on the diverse threads of epidemiological research in that captures the new and exciting themes that have been emerging over recent years. Diverse topics are discussed and the book provides an overview of the current state of epidemiological knowledge and research as a reference to reveal new avenues of work, while the power of the epidemiological method runs throughout the book.

The first part addresses the epidemiology of dermatomycoses and *Candida* spp. infections. The second part addresses the epidemiology molecular of methicillinresistant *Staphylococcus aureus* (MRSA) isolated from humans and animals. The third part provides an overview of the epidemiology of varied manifestations *neuro*psychiatric. The fourth part covers virology and epidemiology, the fifth part addresses epidemiology of wildlife tuberculosis and the sixth part epidemiologic approaches to the study of microbial quality of milk and milk products. Cox proportional hazards model (Part 7), epidemiology of lymphoid malignancy (Part 8), epidemiology of primary immunodeficiency diseases (Part 9) and genetic epidemiology family-based (Part 10) are also presented.

All the chapters, having gathered together a talented and internationally respected group of contributors, researchers well reputed in the field and have been carefully reviewed. The book provides an excellent overview in the different applicative fields of epidemiology, for clinicians, researchers and students, who intend to address these issues.

> **Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha**  Department of Microbiology and Immunology Bioscience Institute UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu-SP Brazil

**Section 1** 

**Epidemiology of Dermatomycoses** 

**and** *Candida* **spp. Infections** 
