Biological weapons defense
Subtitle: infectious diseases and counterbioterrorism
By: edited by Luther E. Lindler, Frank J. Lebeda, George W. Korch ; forewords by David R. Franz, Matthew Meselson.
Contributors: Lindler, Luther E.; Lebeda, Frank J.; Korch, George.
Series: Infectious disease; Infectious disease (Totowa, N.J.)
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
Subjects: Bioterrorism; Bioterrorism -- prevention & control; Communicable Disease Control -- methods; Disaster Planning
Notes: CD  Missing 3-8-2006 PNP Lpat 931273996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Department of defense capabilities supporting bioterrorism response; title: Modeling for bioterrorism incidents; title: Biological weapons defense: effect levels; title: Pathogenesis by aerosol; title: Bacillus anthracis and the pathogenesis of anthrax; title: Virologic and pathogenic aspects of the variola virus (Smallpox) as a bioweapon; title: Plague vaccines: retrospective analysis and future developments; title: Medical protection against brucellosis; title: Pathogenesis of and immunity to coxiella burnetii; title: Glanders: new insights into an old disease; title: Medical countermeasures for filoviruses and other viral agents; title: Medical defense against protein toxin weapons: review and perspective; title: Antimicrobials for biological warfare agents; title: Nonspecific immunomodulator therapy: CpG; title: Decontamination; title: Definition and overview of emerging threats; title: Department of defense global emerging infections system programs in biodefense; title: Information resources and database development for defense against biological weapons; title: Genomic efforts with biodefense pathogens; title: Genomics for biodefense: exploiting the francisella tularensis genome sequence; title: Genetic fingerprinting of biodefense pathogens for epidemiology and forensic investigation; title: Yersinia pestis as an emerged pathogen: what lessons can be learned?; title: Requirements for biological threat identification systems; title: DNA-based diagnostic tests for detection and identification of biological weapons; title: Concepts for the development of immunodiagnostic assays for detection and diagnosis of biothreat agents.