Full Title of Book: Biological Weapons Defense: Infectious Disease and Counterbioterrorism (Serie: Infectious Disease)Author(s) / Editor(s): Luther E. Lindler, Frank J. Lebeda, George Korch.
Publisher: Humana Press.
Year Published: 2005.
Edition: 1st.
DOI: 10.1385/1592597645.
ISBN: 978-1-58829-184-4 (Print) 978-1-59259-764-2 (Online).
Size & Format: Hardcover, 624 pages. 1 PDF 6.8 Mb.
Brief Description & Contents: Prominent experts inbiodefense research-many from the US Army Medical Research Institute ofInfectious Diseases-authoritatively delineate the universe ofscientific, medical, and legal issues facing the biodefense researchcommunity. Regarding medical countermeasures and decontamination, theauthors describe the treatment and pathogenesis of a variety ofestablished pathogens (anthrax, plague, smallpox, Brucellosis,Glanders, and Coxiella burnettii) and review what is known about theaerosol route of infection and decontamination processes. They alsoexamine how to discover the presence of these agents, or otherpreviously unknown biological weapons, and detail the ongoing effortsto counter these agents, including proteomic and genomic analysis as agateway to better diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccinations, genotyping,and forensics. Additional chapters discuss the development and usetechnology to identify and characterize these infectious organisms,emerging threats, and the development of countermeasures.
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