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Preparedness against bioterrorism and re-emerging infectious diseases
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ISBN: 1280506040 9786610506040 1417590203 6000005245 1601294530 9781417590209 9781586034177 1586034170 9781601294531 9781280506048 6610506043 9786000005245 Year: 2004 Publisher: Amsterdam Burke, VA :IOS Press

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In these papers drawn from the January 2003 workshop, contributors describe methods of building integrated systems to combat epidemics and bio-terrorism. Their general topics include developing epidemiology with laboratory support as a biological attack identification tool, using national approaches to biodefense, and conducting risk assessment, cr

Bioterrorism . Guidelines for medical and public health management
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ISBN: 157947280X Year: 2002 Publisher: Chicago American Medical Association

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Bioterrorism
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ISBN: 9535168673 9535102052 Year: 2012 Publisher: IntechOpen

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This book consists of nine chapters, written by international authorities, discussing various aspects of bioterrorism preparedness and response. Five of the chapters are agent-specific and highlight the pathogenesis, prevention and treatment, and the potential of specific organisms (Rickettsia and Yersinia pestis) or toxins (ricin, botulinum neurotoxins, and staphylococcal enterotoxins) to be used for nefarious purposes. Four chapters discuss different aspects of detecting and responding to a bioterrorism attack. These include methods for spatio-temporal disease surveillance, international laboratory response strategies, detection of botulinum neurotoxins in food and other matrices, and the use of physical methods (ie Raman spectroscopy) to detect spores.

Biological science and biotechnology in Russia : controlling diseases and enhancing security
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ISBN: 1280349239 9786610349234 0309552052 9780309552059 0309097045 9780309097048 9781280349232 6610349231 0309181348 Year: 2006 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press,

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Terrorism and security issues
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ISBN: 1536114499 9781536114492 1608760901 9781608760909 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York

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Bioterrorism
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ISBN: 1626372942 9781626372948 9781588265258 1588265250 Year: 2022 Publisher: Boulder

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Especially since the anthrax attacks of 2001, the issue of bioterrorism has been controversial: Are governments underestimating the potential hazard of biological toxins, as some claim, or is the danger in fact exaggerated? What are the policy options for dealing with such a complex threat? The authors of this book offer a reasoned assessment of the issues at the core of the debates. Identifying a high level of uncertainty as a key characteristic of the bioterrorism threat, the authors examine the legacies of the secret state biowarfare programs of the previous century, analyze academic and political controversies about current dangers, and consider the impact of rapid scientific and technological change on the development of future threats. In the process, they provide new insight into the broader question of risk management and the role of public and private actors in international security relations.


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Review of the scientific approaches used during the FBI's investigation of the 2001 anthrax letters
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ISBN: 0309187192 9786613135063 128313506X 0309187206 9780309187190 9780309187206 9781283135061 0309216230 Year: 2011 Publisher: Washington, D.C.

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Safe food : the politics of food safety
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ISBN: 1282697749 9786612697746 0520946308 9780520946309 9780520266063 0520266064 Year: 2010 Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press,

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Food safety is a matter of intense public concern, and for good reason. Millions of annual cases of food "poisonings" raise alarm not only about the food served in restaurants and fast-food outlets but also about foods bought in supermarkets. The introduction of genetically modified foods-immediately dubbed "Frankenfoods"-only adds to the general sense of unease. Finally, the events of September 11, 2001, heightened fears by exposing the vulnerability of food and water supplies to attacks by bioterrorists. How concerned should we be about such problems? Who is responsible for preventing them? Who benefits from ignoring them? Who decides? Marion Nestle, author of the critically acclaimed Food Politics, argues that ensuring safe food involves more than washing hands or cooking food to higher temperatures. It involves politics. When it comes to food safety, billions of dollars are at stake, and industry, government, and consumers collide over issues of values, economics, and political power-and not always in the public interest. Although the debates may appear to be about science, Nestle maintains that they really are about control: Who decides when a food is safe? She demonstrates how powerful food industries oppose safety regulations, deny accountability, and blame consumers when something goes wrong, and how century-old laws for ensuring food safety no longer protect our food supply. Accessible, informed, and even-handed, Safe Food is for anyone who cares how food is produced and wants to know more about the real issues underlying today's headlines.


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Biosecurity and bioterrorism : containing and preventing threats
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ISBN: 0128020571 0128020296 9780128020296 9780128020579 Year: 2016 Publisher: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann,

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This book takes a holistic approach to biosecurity, with coverage of pathogens, prevention, and response methodology. It addresses these hazards in the context of vulnerability assessments and the planning strategies government and industry can use to prepare for and respond to such events.


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Contagion
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ISBN: 0295804203 9780295804200 9780295991740 0295991747 9780295991733 0295991739 Year: 2012 Publisher: Seattle University of Washington Press

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