edited by Luther E. Lindler, Frank J. Lebeda, George W. Korch ; forewords by David R. Franz, Matthew Meselson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Totowa, N.J. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Humana Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xix, 597 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
26 cm. +
Accompanying Material
1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
SERIES
Series Title
Infectious disease
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Title
Biological weapons defense : infectious diseases and counterbioterrorism