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: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Public health.; Health administration.; Infectious diseases.; Epidemiology.; Microbiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Health Administration.; Public Health.

Since the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001 and subsequent cases of anthrax in Florida and New York City, attention has been focused on the threat of b- logical warfare and bioterrorism. Biological warfare agents are de?ned as “living org- isms, whatever their nature, or in...

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.