Title: Biodefense : research methodology and animal models /
Authors: Swearengen, James R.
Publisher: CRC, Taylor & Francis,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biological Warfare prevention & control; Biological Warfare prevention & control.; Communicable Diseases etiology; Communicable Diseases therapy; Toxins, Biological toxicity; Models, Animal; Bioterrorism Prevention Research.; Infection Animal models; Communicable diseases Research.; Biological weapons.; Alternative toxicity testing.; Toxins Research.
Contents: The history of biological weapons / James W. Martin -- Bioterrorism and biowarfare: similarities and differences / Nelson W. Rebert -- Scientific and ethical importance of animal models in biodefense research / Arthur O. anderson and James R. Swearengen -- Development and validation of animal models / Jaime B. anderson and Kenneth Tucker -- Infectious disease aerobiology: aerosol challenge methods / Chad J. Roy and Louise M. Pitt -- Anthrax / Elizabeth K. Leffel and Louise M. Pitt -- Glanders / David L. fritz and David M. Waag -- Plague / Jeffery J. Adamovicz and Patricia L. Worsham -- Tularemia / Jeffery J. Adamovicz, Erica P. Wargo, and David M. Waag -- Q fever / David M. Waag and David L. Fritz -- Alphaviruses / William D. Pratt [and others] -- Orthopoxviruses / Peter B. Jahrling and John W. Huggins -- Viral hemorrhagic fevers / Kelly L. Warfield [and others] -- Botulinum toxins / Stephen B. Greenbaum and Jaime B. Anderson -- Ricin / Stephen B. Greenbaum and Jaime B. Anderson -- Staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigens / Teresa Krakauer and Bradley G. Stiles.