عنوان

Biological weapons defense

1588291847 (acid-free paper)

1592597645 (e-ISBN)

9781588291844 (acid-free paper)

9781592597642 (e-ISBN)

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Biological weapons defense

[Book]

infectious diseases and counterbioterrorism /

edited by Luther E. Lindler, Frank J. Lebeda, George W. Korch ; forewords by David R. Franz, Matthew Meselson.

Totowa, N.J. :

Humana Press,

c2005.

xix, 597 p. :

ill. ;

26 cm. +

1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Infectious disease

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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Biological weapons defense : infectious diseases and counterbioterrorism

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Bioterrorism.

Korch, George.

Lebeda, Frank J.

Lindler, Luther E.

20080530024028.0

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