Title | Defense Against Biological Attacks [electronic resource] : Volume I / edited by Sunit K. Singh, Jens H. Kuhn |
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Imprint | Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019 |
Connect to | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03053-7 |
Descript | XIII, 327 p. 10 illus. in color. online resource |
General Section -- Historical Aspects of Biological Weapons Development and Use -- Biodefense Strategies -- Need for Biosurveillance -- Role of Information Technology in Biodefense -- Role of Social Media in Biodefense -- Health-care System Preparedness -- Emergency Preparedness -- Pathogens and Toxins Potentially Used for Biological Attacks -- Bacillus anthracis -- Botulinum toxin -- Yersinia pestis -- Variola virus -- Francisella tularensis -- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers -- Brucellae -- Burkholderia mallei -- Burkholderia pseudomallei -- Coxiella burnetii -- Rickettsia prowazekii -- Food Safety-related Biothreats -- Water Safety-related Biothreats -- Neurotropic Viruses -- Microbiological Toxins