TY - BOOK ID - 5449929 TI - Biological weapons defense : infectious diseases and counterbioterrorism AU - Lindler, Luther E. AU - Lebeda, Frank J. AU - Korch, George. PY - 2005 SN - 9781588291844 1588291847 9781592597642 9786610360352 1280360356 1592597645 PB - Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, DB - UniCat KW - Bioterrorism KW - Communicable Disease Control KW - Disaster Planning. KW - Bioterrorism. KW - Bioterrorisme KW - prevention & control. KW - methods. KW - Public Health Practice KW - Biological Warfare KW - Investigative Techniques KW - Terrorism KW - Disasters KW - Environment KW - Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment KW - Violence KW - War KW - Public Health KW - Crime KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Social Problems KW - Health Care KW - Sociology KW - Criminology KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Methods KW - Disaster Planning KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Emergency Medicine KW - Infectious Diseases KW - Bio-terrorism KW - Biological terrorism KW - Law and legislation KW - Political science. KW - Medical microbiology. KW - Infectious diseases. KW - Political Science and International Relations. KW - Political Science. KW - Infectious Diseases. KW - Medical Microbiology. KW - Emerging infectious diseases. KW - Microbiology. KW - Microbial biology KW - Biology KW - Microorganisms KW - Emerging infections KW - New infectious diseases KW - Re-emerging infectious diseases KW - Reemerging infectious diseases KW - Communicable diseases KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5449929 AB - The release of nerve gas in the Tokyo subways, the spread of biological weapons, and the anthrax attack of 2001 in the United States demonstrate that not only is the threat of such menacing weapons real, but also that we must urgently prepare to deal with future acts of bioterrorism. In Biological Weapons Defense: Infectious Diseases and Counterbioterrorism, prominent experts in biodefense research-many from the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases-authoritatively delineate the universe of scientific, medical, and legal issues facing the biodefense research community. Regarding medical countermeasures and decontamination, the authors review the facts about both the aerosol route of infection and decontamination processes, and fully describe the pathogenesis and treatment of a variety of established pathogens (anthrax, plague, smallpox, Brucellosis, glanders, and Coxiella burnetii). They also examine how to discover the presence of these agents, or other previously unknown biological weapons, and the ongoing efforts to counter such agents, including proteomic and genomic analysis as a gateway to better diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccinations, genotyping, and forensics. Additional chapters discuss the development and use of technology to identify and characterize these infectious organisms and their emerging threats. Comprehensive and authoritative, Biological Weapons Defense: Infectious Diseases and Counterbioterrorism provides researchers, physicians, and policymakers with a sound basis for understanding not only the diseases caused by these infectious organisms, but also an appreciation of the universe of bioterrorism problems that must be mastered to develop effective countermeasures. ER -