
Reflecting the critical threat posed by biological warfare and terrorism in a post 9-11 world, Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare (an update of Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare published in 1997) addresses the weaponization of biological agents, categorizing potential agents as food, waterborne, or agricultural agents or toxins, and discusses their respective epidemiology. Recent advances in biomedical knowledge are presented that include descriptions of individual agents and the illnesses induced. Authors discuss biotoxins and explain methods for early identification of anthrax, plague, smallpox, alphaviruses, and staphylococcal enterotoxins. Case studies and research on successful management practices, treatments, and antidotes are also included. Textbooks of Military Medicine. Zygmunt F. Dembek, senior editor.
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Table of Contents:
History of Biological Weapons: From Poisoned Darts to Intentional Epidemics
James W. Martin, George W. Christopher, and Edward M. Eitzen, Jr.
Food, Waterborne, and Agricultural Diseases
Zygmunt F. Dembek and Edwin L. Anderson
Epidemiology of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism
Zygmunt F. Dembek, Julie A. Pavlin, and Mark G. Kortepeter
Anthrax
Bret K. Purcell, Patricia L. Worsham, and Arthur M. Friedlander
Plague
Patricia L. Worsham, Thomas W. McGovern, Nicholas J. Vietri, and Arthur M. Friedlander
Glanders
Bridget Carr Gregory and David M. Waag
Melioidosis
Nicholas J. Vietri and David Deshazer
Tularemia
Matthew J. Hepburn, Arthur M. Friedlander, and Zygmunt F. Dembek
Brucellosis
Bret K. Purcell, David L. Hoover, and Arthur M. Friedlander
Q Fever
David M. Waag
Smallpox and Related Orthopoxviruses
Peter B. Jahrling, John W. Huggins, M. Sofi Ibrahim, James V. Lawler, and James W. Martin
Alphavirus Encephalitides
Keith E. Steele, Douglas S. Reed, Pamela J. Glass, Mary Kate Hart, George V. Ludwig, William D. Pratt, Michael D. Parker, and Jonathan F. Smith
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Peter B. Jahrling, Aileen M. Marty, and Thomas W. Geisbert
Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B and Related Toxins
Robert G. Ulrich, Catherine L. Wilhelmsen, and Teresa Krakauer
Ricin
Mark A. Poli, Chad Roy, Kermit D. Huebner, David R. Franz, and Nancy K. Jaax
Botulinum Toxin
Zygmunt F. Dembek, Leonard A. Smith, and Janice M. Rusnak
Additional Toxins of Clinical Concern
Kermit D. Huebner, Robert W. Wannemacher, Jr., Bradley G. Stiles, Michel R. Popoff, and Mark A. Poli
Laboratory Identification of Biological Threats
Erik A. Henchal, George V. Ludwig, Chris A. Whitehouse, and John M. Scherer
Consequence Management: The National and Local Response
Kermit D. Huebner and James W. Martin
Medical Management of Potential Biological Casualties: A Stepwise Approach
Theodore J. Cieslak and George W. Christopher
Medical Countermeasures
Janice M. Rusnak, Ellen F. Boudreau, Matthew J. Hepburn, James W. Martin, and Sina Bavari
Biosafety
Catherine L. Wilhelmsen and Robert J. Hawley
Biosurety
Gretchen L. Demmin
Ethical and Legal Dilemmas in Biodefense Research
Jeffrey E. Stephenson and Arthur O. Anderson
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Future Threats
Chris A. Whitehouse, Alan L. Schmaljohn, and Zygmunt F. Dembek
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Index
This book content will primarily appeal to military healthcare providers. Emergency first providers and responders, specialists in biological warfare and terrorism may also have an interest in this authoritative material.
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