Bioterrorism and Infectious Agents: A New Dilemma for the 21st Century

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fong, I. W. (Editor), Alibek, Kenneth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Public health.; Infectious diseases.; Epidemiology.; Microbiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Public Health.

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Table of Contents:

• Anthrax: A Disease and a Weapon
• Plague as a Biological Weapon
• Tularemia and Bioterrorism
• Melioidosis and Glanders as Possible Biological Weapons
• Smallpox as a Weapon for Bioterrorism
• Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons
• Botulism as a Potential Agent of Bioterrorism
• Ricin: A Possible, Noninfectious Biological Weapon
• Bioterrorism Alert for Health Care Workers
• The Economics of Planning and Preparing for Bioterrorism.