
Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness
Description
Key Features
- Introduces different bacterial and viral agents, including Ebola and other emerging threats and toxins
- Discusses medical countermeasures, including vaccines and post-exposure therapeutics
- Includes a comprehensive review of current methods of detection
Readership
Researchers and advanced students in toxicology and aspects of biological warfare agents. It will also prove helpful for medical students, civil administrators, medical doctors, first responders, and security forces
Table of Contents
- 1. Biological warfare agents: History and modern-day relevance
2. Bacterial biological warfare agents
3. Toxins as biological warfare agents
4. Viral agents including threat from emerging viral infections
5. Advance detection technologies for select biothreat agents
6. Microfluidics application for detection of biological warfare agents
7. Collection, storage, and transportation of samples for offsite analysis
8. Medical management of diseases associated with biological warfare
9. Protective equipment for protection against biological warfare agents
10. Environmental sampling and biodecontamination—Recent progress, challenges, and future direction
11. Biological and toxin warfare convention: Current status and future prospects
12. Next generation agents (synthetic agents): Emerging threats and challenges in detection, protection, and decontamination
13. Genome information of BW agents and their application in biodefence
14. Planning for protection of civilians against bioterrorism
Product details
- No. of pages: 306
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2019
- Published: October 5, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128120262
- eBook ISBN: 9780128120552
About the Editors
S.J.S Flora
Affiliations and Expertise
Vidhu Pachauri
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
Latest reviews
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Michael Thu Jun 17 2021
very impressive work by the authors.
Delivers what it promises. Only issue I had, description of individual bioagents a bit too summarized (particularly clinical signs and symptoms).
vvs Sun Nov 03 2019
book is very comprehensive
i like to read this book