Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness provides detailed information on biological warfare agents and their mode of transmission and spread. In addition, it explains methods of detection and medical countermeasures, including vaccine and post-exposure therapeutics, with specific sections detailing diseases, their transmission, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, vaccines, prevention and management. This book is useful reading for researchers and advanced students in toxicology, but it will also prove helpful for medical students, civil administration, medical doctors, first responders and security forces.
As the highly unpredictable nature of any event involving biological warfare agents has given rise to the need for the rapid development of accurate detection systems, this book is a timely resource on the topic.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Contributors - p. xv 7. Preface - p. xvii 8. Acknowledgments - p. xix 9. Chapter 1: Biological warfare agents: History and modern-day relevance - p. xix 10. Chapter 2: Bacterial biological warfare agents - p. 11 11. Chapter 3: Toxins as biological warfare agents - p. 31 12. Chapter 4: Viral agents including threat from emerging viral infections - p. 64 13. Chapter 5: Advance detection technologies for select biothreat agents - p. 81 14. Chapter 6: Microfluidics application for detection of biological warfare agents - p. 102 15. Chapter 7: Collection, storage, and transportation of samples for offsite analysis - p. 131 16. Chapter 8: Medical management of diseases associated with biological warfare - p. 149 17. Chapter 9: Protective equipment for protection against biological warfare agents - p. 172 18. Chapter 10: Environmental sampling and bio-decontamination—Recent progress, challenges, and future direction - p. 194 19. Chapter 11: Biological and toxin warfare convention: Current status and future prospects - p. 208 20. Chapter 12: Next generation agents (synthetic agents): Emerging threats and challenges in detection, protection, and decontamination - p. 215 21. Chapter 13: Genome information of BW agents and their application in biodefence - p. 256 22. Chapter 14: Planning for protection of civilians against bioterrorism - p. 271 23. Index - p. 279
Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness provides detailed information on biological warfare agents and their mode of transmission and spread. In addition, it explains methods of detection and medical countermeasures, including vaccine and post-exposure therapeutics, with specific sections detailing diseases, their transmission, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, vaccines, prevention and management. This book is useful reading for researchers and advanced students in toxicology, but it will also prove helpful for medical students, civil administration, medical doctors, first responders and security forces.
As the highly unpredictable nature of any event involving biological warfare agents has given rise to the need for the rapid development of accurate detection systems, this book is a timely resource on the topic.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Contributors - p. xv 7. Preface - p. xvii 8. Acknowledgments - p. xix 9. Chapter 1: Biological warfare agents: History and modern-day relevance - p. xix 10. Chapter 2: Bacterial biological warfare agents - p. 11 11. Chapter 3: Toxins as biological warfare agents - p. 31 12. Chapter 4: Viral agents including threat from emerging viral infections - p. 64 13. Chapter 5: Advance detection technologies for select biothreat agents - p. 81 14. Chapter 6: Microfluidics application for detection of biological warfare agents - p. 102 15. Chapter 7: Collection, storage, and transportation of samples for offsite analysis - p. 131 16. Chapter 8: Medical management of diseases associated with biological warfare - p. 149 17. Chapter 9: Protective equipment for protection against biological warfare agents - p. 172 18. Chapter 10: Environmental sampling and bio-decontamination—Recent progress, challenges, and future direction - p. 194 19. Chapter 11: Biological and toxin warfare convention: Current status and future prospects - p. 208 20. Chapter 12: Next generation agents (synthetic agents): Emerging threats and challenges in detection, protection, and decontamination - p. 215 21. Chapter 13: Genome information of BW agents and their application in biodefence - p. 256 22. Chapter 14: Planning for protection of civilians against bioterrorism - p. 271 23. Index - p. 279
