Screen LibraryBiological weapons defense：infectious diseases and counterbioterrorism
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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| Published: |
Humana Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Totowa, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Infectious disease |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 597 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. +1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| ISBN: |
1588291847 (acid-free paper) 1592597645 (e-ISBN) |
| Index Number: | E931 |
| CLC: |
E931 D815.5 |
| Call Number: | E931/B615 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Department of defense capabilities supporting bioterrorism response -- Modeling for bioterrorism incidents -- Biological weapons defense: effect levels -- Pathogenesis by aerosol -- Bacillus anthracis and the pathogenesis of anthrax -- Virologic and pathogenic aspects of the variola virus (Smallpox) as a bioweapon -- Plague vaccines: retrospective analysis and future developments -- Medical protection against brucellosis -- Pathogenesis of and immunity to coxiella burnetii -- Glanders: new insights into an old disease -- Medical countermeasures for filoviruses and other viral agents -- Medical defense against protein toxin weapons: review and perspective -- Antimicrobials for biological warfare agents -- Nonspecific immunomodulator therapy: CpG -- Decontamination -- Definition and overview of emerging threats -- Department of defense global emerging infections system programs in biodefense -- Information resources and database development for defense against biological weapons -- Genomic efforts with biodefense pathogens -- Genomics for biodefense: exploiting the francisella tularensis genome sequence -- Genetic fingerprinting of biodefense pathogens for epidemiology and forensic investigation -- Yersinia pestis as an emerged pathogen: what lessons can be learned? -- Requirements for biological threat identification systems -- DNA-based diagnostic tests for detection and identification of biological weapons -- Concepts for the development of immunodiagnostic assays for detection and diagnosis of biothreat agents. |