**Preface XIII**


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Contents VII

**Section 7 Epidemiology of Lymphoid Malignancy 323** 

Chapter 17 **Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases in** 

**Section 9 Genetic Epidemiology Family-Based 377**

Chapter 18 **On Combining Family Data from** 

Yun-Hee Choi

Zahra Mozaheb

Chapter 16 **Epidemiology of Lymphoid Malignancy in Asia 325** 

**Section 8 Epidemiology of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases 355** 

**Different Study Designs for Estimating Disease Risk Associated with Mutated Genes 379**

**Latin America: Epidemiology and Perspectives 357** Paolo Ruggero Errante and Antonio Condino-Neto



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**Section 3 Neuro-Psychiatric Epidemiology 111**

**Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia 113**  Nagafumi Doi, Yoko Hoshi, Masanari Itokawa, Takeo Yoshikawa and Tomoe Ichikawa

Blair Ortiz, William Cornejo and Lucía Blazicevich

Chapter 11 **The SIALON Project: Report on HIV Prevalence and**

Lorenzo Gios, Dunia Ramarli and Paola Coato

**Different Areas of Russian Federation (RF) 255** 

**of the Epidemiology in Iberian Peninsula 273**  Nuno Santos, Margarida Correia-Neves, Virgílio Almeida

**and Milk Products and Associated Critical Points of Contamination: An Epidemiological Perspective 297** 

Nese Kocabasoglu, Gul Karacetin, Reha Bayar and Turkay Demir

**Risk Behaviour Among MSM in Six European Cities 207**  Massimo Mirandola, Jean-Pierre Foschia, Michele Breveglieri, Martina Furegato, Enrica Castellani, Ruth Joanna Davis,

Chapter 8 **The Epidemiology of Child Psychopathology: Basic Principles and Research Data 139**

Chapter 10 **A Review of the Etiology Delirium 189**

Chapter 12 **Modeling Infectious Diseases Dynamics: Dengue Fever, a Case Study 229**  Maíra Aguiar, Nico Stollenwerk

B. Lapin and M. Chikobava

and Christian Gortázar

Zelalem Yilma

Chapter 13 **Epidemiology of Simian Polyomavirus SV40 in**

**Section 5 Epidemiology of Wildlife Tuberculosis 271** 

**Section 6 Microbial Quality of Milk and Milk Products: Epidemiological Aspects 295** 

Chapter 15 **Microbial Properties of Ethiopian Marketed Milk**

Chapter 14 **Wildlife Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review**

and Bob W. Kooi

**Section 4 Virology and Epidemiology 205**

Chapter 7 **Impact of Epidemiology on**

Kuschel Annett

Chapter 9 **Epidemiology of Tics 163** 

Preface

prevention.

issues.

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

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

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

> **Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha**  Department of Microbiology and Immunology

UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu-SP

Bioscience Institute

Brazil

epidemiology family-based (Part 10) are also presented.
