Beyond Anthrax The Weaponization of Infectious Diseases /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lutwick, Suzanne M. (Editor), Lutwick, Larry I. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.

Biological warfare has, unfortunately, in the post 9/11 world become a significant topic of discussion in both the medical and lay presses. In the wake of the biological "letter bombs" containing anthrax spores, the possibility of biologic and/or toxic attacks on civilians in any part of t...

Table of Contents:

• The History of Bioterrorism: Old Idea, New Word, Continuing Taboo
• Smallpox and Bioterrorism
• Plague
• Tularemia
• Botulism
• The Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
• Melioidosis
• Epidemic Typhus Fever
• Category B Biotoxins
• Intentional Terrorist Contamination of Food and Water
• Public Health Infrastructure
• Public Health Law and Biological Terrorism
• Public Health Surveillance for Bioterrorism
• Psychosocial Management of Bioterrorism Events
• The Role of the Media in Bioterrorism
• Rapid Detection of Bioterrorism Pathogens
• Plant Pathogens as Biological Weapons Against Agriculture.