Bioterrorism and infectious agents:a new dilemma for the 21st century
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Group Author: | ; ; |
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Published: |
Springer,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY |
Publication Dates: | c2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Emerging infectious diseases of the 21st century |
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Carrier Form: | xvi, 273 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
0387236848 9780387236841 0387236856 (e-book) 9780387236858 (e-book) |
Index Number: | E931 |
CLC: |
E931 D815.5 |
Call Number: | E931/B616 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Anthrax : a disease and a weapon / Kenneth Alibek, Catherine Lobanova and Serguei Popov -- Plague as a biological weapon / David T. Dennis -- Tularemia and bioterrorism / Lisa Hodges and Robert L. Penn -- Melioidosis and Glanders as possible biological weapons / David Allan Brett Dance -- Smallpox as a weapon for bioterrorism / J. Michael Lane -- Hemorrhagic Fever viruses as biological weapons / Allison Groseth ... [et al.] -- Butulism as a potential agent of bioterrorism / Thomas P. Bleck -- Ricin : a possible, noninfectious biological weapon / Maor Maman and Yoav Yehezkelli -- Bioterrorism alert for health care workers / Theodore J. Cieslak, George W. Christopher and Edward M. Eitzen -- The economics of planning and preparing for bioterrorism / Martin I. Meltzer. |