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Within the last few decades, the multitude of §infrastructural and environmental changes associated §with population growth, human migration, and §economic development have catalyzed the emergence §and re-emergence of many infectious diseases §worldwide. The morbidity and mortality associated §with these diseases have in turn led to an increased §and renewed impetus to gain a better understanding §of the etiology, epidemiology, prevention, and §control of these diseases in order to achieve better §health and well-being, especially for §underprivileged populations. Two traditionally...

Most investigations that examine diffusion of §disease through urban areas give relatively scant §attention to the 'micro-environment.' Employing the §many methods of macro-environmental analysis, most §studies do not attempt to identify street-level or §even residence-level temporal-spatial patterns of §disease diffusion. As a result, the mechanisms that §lead to diffusion on such small scales are left §relatively undefined. §§This book investigates some of these unexplored §areas by presenting a temporal-spatial analysis of §the Memphis Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878. This...