Title: Beyond anthrax : the weaponization of infectious diseases /
Authors: Lutwick, Larry I.; Lutwick, Suzanne M.
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Communicable Diseases; Anthrax; Bioterrorism; Biological weapons.; Communicable diseases.
Contents: The history of bioterrorism : old idea, new world, continuing taboo / Stuart Handysides -- Smallpox and bioterrorism / Daniel R. Lucey, Joel G. Breman and Donald A Henderson -- Plague / Petra C.F. Oyston and Richard W. Titball -- Tularemia / Daniel S. Shapiro -- Botulism / Jeremy Sobel -- The viral hemorrhagic fevers / Daniel G. Bausch and C.J. Peters -- Melioidosis / Pooja Tolaney and Larry I. Lutwick -- Epidemic typhus fever / Mohammad Mooty and Larry I. Lutwick -- Category B biotoxins / Larry I. Lutwick, Jeremy Gradon and Jonathan Zellen -- Intentional terrorist contamination of food and water / Jeremy Sobel and John C. Watson -- Public health infrastructure / Isaac B. Weisfuse -- Public health law and biological terrorism / Lance Gable and James G. Hodge -- Public health surveillance for bioterrorism / Peter N. Wenger, William Halperin and Edward Ziga -- Psychosocial management of bioterrorism events / David M. Benedek and Thomas A. Grieger -- The role of the media in bioterrorism / David Brown -- Rapid detection of bioterrorism pathogens / David Perlin -- Plant pathogens as biological weapons against agriculture / Forrest W. Nutter and Lawrence V. Madden.