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
• 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.; Emerging infectious diseases.; Epidemiology.; Microbiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1266-4

This volume in the series Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive information available on bioterrorism agents such as: Anthrax, smallpox, plague, and SARS Vaccine development New anti-viral drug development Treatment and protection Threat anal...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Anthrax
• 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 Non-Infectious Biological Weapon
• Bioterrorism Alert for Healthcare Workers
• The Economics of Planning and Preparing for Bioterrorism
• Index.