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The filoviruses (Lake Victoria marburgvirus and ebolaviruses) are etiological agents of severe hemorrhagic fevers with extraordinary high case-fatality rates for humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and probably other animals. Many institutions and experts consider them as potential threats to humanity because they could be used as biological weapons. This book summarizes in detail the contemporary knowledge of filoviruses and diseases they cause. Almost the entirety of the open literature on filoviruses, covering all major scientific and clinical fields, is referenced and summarized in this text, including most of the conference abstracts, book chapters, dissertations, government reports, patents, theses, and journal publications in many languages. The book will provide a robust source of knowledge for filovirologists, virologists and scientists in general, clinicians, students, journalists, and biodefense professionals.
Epidemiology --- Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology --- Ebola virus disease. --- Marburg virus disease. --- Ebolavirus. --- Filoviridae. --- Marburgvirus.
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This first volume of a two-volume set describes general aspects, such as the historical view on the topic, the role of information distribution and preparedness of health-care systems and preparedness in emergency cases. Part two describes and discusseses in detail the pathogens and toxins that are potentially used for biological attacks. As such, the book is a valuable resource for faculties engaged in molecular biology, genetic engineering, neurology, biodefense, biosafety & biosecurity, virology, and infectious disease programs, as well as professional medical research organizations.
Medical microbiology. --- Microbiology. --- Medical virology. --- Neurosciences. --- Medical Microbiology. --- Virology. --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- Medical microbiology --- Virology --- Virus diseases --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Microbiology --- Biological Warfare --- Biological Warfare Agents. --- prevention & control. --- Biological Select Agents --- Biological Weapons --- Bioterrorism Agents --- Biowarfare Agents --- Agent, Biological Select --- Agent, Biological Warfare --- Agent, Bioterrorism --- Agent, Biowarfare --- Agents, Biological Select --- Agents, Biological Warfare --- Agents, Bioterrorism --- Agents, Biowarfare --- Biological Select Agent --- Biological Warfare Agent --- Biological Weapon --- Bioterrorism Agent --- Biowarfare Agent --- Select Agent, Biological --- Select Agents, Biological --- Warfare Agent, Biological --- Warfare Agents, Biological --- Weapon, Biological --- Weapons, Biological
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This second volume of a two-volume set focuses on specific pathogens and their mechanisms of pathogenesis as well as diagnostics, therapeutics and various strategies in the event of biological attacks. This multidisciplinary book appeals to readers from various fields, including biodefense, biosafety & biosecurity, virology, neurology, molecular biology and genetic engineering, as well as infectious disease specialists. Further, the work is of interest to basic science and applied science research scholars and experts working in the area of high-consequence or select agent virology.
Biological arms control. --- Biological weapons. --- Bacteriological weapons --- Biological warfare agents --- Bioweapons --- Weapons of mass destruction --- Biosecurity --- Biological weapons control --- Arms control --- Microbiology. --- Medicine. --- Emerging infectious diseases. --- Medical Microbiology. --- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. --- Infectious Diseases. --- Emerging infections --- New infectious diseases --- Re-emerging infectious diseases --- Reemerging infectious diseases --- Communicable diseases --- Health Workforce --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Medical microbiology. --- Health promotion. --- Infectious diseases. --- Health promotion programs --- Health promotion services --- Promotion of health --- Wellness programs --- Preventive health services --- Health education
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This first volume of a two-volume set describes general aspects, such as the historical view on the topic, the role of information distribution and preparedness of health-care systems and preparedness in emergency cases. Part two describes and discusseses in detail the pathogens and toxins that are potentially used for biological attacks. As such, the book is a valuable resource for faculties engaged in molecular biology, genetic engineering, neurology, biodefense, biosafety & biosecurity, virology, and infectious disease programs, as well as professional medical research organizations.
General microbiology --- Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology --- Neuropathology --- medische microbiologie --- neurologie --- medische virologie --- microbiologie --- virologie --- moleculaire biologie
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This book provides trajectories and illustrations of viruses that have catapulted into the global arena (linked to humans, animals, and vectors) due to human behaviors in recent years, as well as viruses that have already shown expansion among humans, animals, and vectors just a few decades ago. Topics in the current book include: vaccines environmental impact emerging virus transmission Filovirus (Ebola) hemorrhagic fevers flaviviruses Dengue evasion papillomavirus Hepatitis C Nipah Giant Hanta Bunya encephalitis West Nile Virus Zikavirus XMRV Henipavirus Respiratory Syncytial Virus influenza several aspects of HIV Paul Shapshak, PhD is a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine,at USF Morsani School of Medicine. His research interests include molecular virology. John Sinnott, MD, is Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the USF Morsani College of Medicine and holds the James Cullison Professorship in Infectious Diseases. Charurut Somboonwit, MD,FACP, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, at USF Morsani School of Medicine. Her research interests include topics in general infectious diseases, and HIV and its long-term complications. Jens H. Kuhn, MD, PhD, PhD, MS, is a Principal at Tunnell Government Services, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland, USA) tasked to fulfill the role of Virology Lead at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, USA. His research interests include high-consequence (BSL-4) pathogen research, biodefense, and medical countermeasure development.
Biomedicine. --- Virology. --- Immunology. --- Vaccine. --- Medicine. --- Vaccines. --- Medical virology. --- Médecine --- Immunologie --- Vaccins --- Virologie médicale --- Virus diseases. --- Virus diseases --- Virology --- Diseases --- Virus Diseases --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Viral diseases --- Viral infections --- Virus infections --- Communicable diseases --- Medical virology --- Pathogenic viruses --- Microbiology --- Biologicals --- Immunobiology --- Life sciences --- Serology --- Medical microbiology
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Russian officials claim today that the USSR never possessed an offensive biological weapons program. In fact, the Soviet government spent billions of rubles and hard currency to fund hugely expensive research that added nothing to the country's security. This history is the first attempt to understand the full scope of the USSR's offensive biological weapons research-its inception in the 1920's, its growth between 1970 and 1980, and its possible remnants in present-day Russia. We learn that between 1990 and 1992 the U.S. and U.K. governments never obtained clear evidence of the program's closure, raising the haunting question whether the means for waging biological warfare could be resurrected in Russia today. Based on interviews with important Soviet scientists and managers, papers from the Soviet Central Committee, and U.S. and U.K. declassified documents, this book peels back layers of lies, to reveal how and why Soviet leaders decided to develop biological weapons, the scientific resources they dedicated to this task, and the multitude of research institutes that applied themselves to its fulfillment. We learn that Biopreparat, an ostensibly civilian organization, was established to manage a top secret program, code-named Ferment, whose objective was to apply genetic engineering to develop strains of pathogenic agents that had never existed in nature. Leitenberg and Zilinskas consider the performance of the U.S. intelligence community in discovering and assessing these activities, and they examine in detail the crucial years 1985 to 1992, when Mikhail Gorbachev's attempts to put an end to the program were thwarted.
Biological weapons --- Biological warfare --- Biological arms control --- Biological weapons control --- Arms control --- Bacterial warfare --- Bacteriological warfare --- Biowarfare --- CBR warfare --- Disease warfare --- Germ warfare --- Pathogenic bacteria --- Bioengineering --- War --- Bacteriological weapons --- Biological warfare agents --- Bioweapons --- Weapons of mass destruction --- Biosecurity --- History. --- War use --- Cold War Biological warfare
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General microbiology --- Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology --- Neuropathology --- medische microbiologie --- neurologie --- medische virologie --- microbiologie --- virologie --- moleculaire biologie
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This book provides trajectories and illustrations of viruses that have catapulted into the global arena (linked to humans, animals, and vectors) due to human behaviors in recent years, as well as viruses that have already shown expansion among humans, animals, and vectors just a few decades ago. Topics in the current book include: vaccines environmental impact emerging virus transmission Filovirus (Ebola) hemorrhagic fevers flaviviruses Dengue evasion papillomavirus Hepatitis C Nipah Giant Hanta Bunya encephalitis West Nile Virus Zikavirus XMRV Henipavirus Respiratory Syncytial Virus influenza several aspects of HIV Paul Shapshak, PhD is a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine,at USF Morsani School of Medicine. His research interests include molecular virology. John Sinnott, MD, is Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the USF Morsani College of Medicine and holds the James Cullison Professorship in Infectious Diseases. Charurut Somboonwit, MD,FACP, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, at USF Morsani School of Medicine. Her research interests include topics in general infectious diseases, and HIV and its long-term complications. Jens H. Kuhn, MD, PhD, PhD, MS, is a Principal at Tunnell Government Services, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland, USA) tasked to fulfill the role of Virology Lead at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, USA. His research interests include high-consequence (BSL-4) pathogen research, biodefense, and medical countermeasure development.
Immunology. Immunopathology --- Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology --- immunologie --- vaccins --- virologie --- vaccinatie
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