Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare

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Contents

Front Matter

1. Historical Overview: From Poisoned Darts to Pan-Hazard Preparedness
   George W. Christopher, Daniel M. Gerstein, Edward M. Eitzen, and James W. Martin
2. Epidemiology of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism
   Zygmunt F. Dembek, Julie A. Pavlin, Martina Siwek, and Mark G. Kortepeter
3. Food, Waterborne, and Agricultural Diseases
   Zygmunt F. Dembek and Edwin L. Anderson
4. Consequence Management: The Local and National Response
   Neal E. Woollen and Gary W. Carter
5. Medical Management of Potential Biological Casualties: A Stepwise Approach
   Theodore J. Cieslak
6. Anthrax
   Bret K. Purcell, Christopher K. Cote, Patricia L. Worsham, and Arthur M. Friedlander
7. Brucellosis
   Bret K. Purcell,R. Martin Roop II, Arthur M. Friedlander, and David L. Hoover
8. Glanders
   Susan L. Welkos, Bridget Carr Gregory, David M. Waag, and Mary N. Burtnick
9. Melioidosis
   Paul J. Brett, David DeShazer, and Nicholas J. Vietri
10. Plague
    Patricia L. Worsham, Thomas W. McGovern, Nicholas J. Vietri, Arthur M. Friedlander, and Joel Bozue
11. Tularemia
    Matthew J. Hepburn, Todd M. Kijek, Wendy Sammons-Jackson, Arthur M. Friedlander, and Zygmunt F. Dembek
12. Q Fever
    Christina M. Farris and James E. Samuel
13. Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections as a Threat to the US Military Health System: Acinetobacter Infections as a Case Study
    Emil Lesho, Luther E. Lindler, Bruno Petruccelli, and Glenn Wortmann
14. Botulinum Toxin
    Zygmunt F. Dembek, Leonard A. Smith, Frank J. Lebeda, and Janice M. Rusnak
15. Clostridium perfringens Epsilon Toxin
    Bradley G. Stiles, Gillian Barth, and Michel R. Popoff
16. Ricin
    Virginia I. Roxas-Duncan, Martha L. Hale, Jon M. Davis, John C. Gorbet, Patricia M. Legler, and Leonard A. Smith
17. Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B and Related Toxins Produced by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes
    Kamal U. Saikh, Robert G. Ulrich, and Teresa Krakauer
18. Toxins from Venoms and Poisons
    Scott A. Weinstein and Julian White
19. Marine Algal Toxins of Concern as Intentional Contaminants
    Mark A. Poli and Mark R. Withers
20. Alphavirus Encephalitides
    Shelley P. Honnold, Eric C. Mossel, Lesley C. Dupuy, Elaine M. Morazzani, Shannon S. Martin, Mary Kate Hart, George V. Ludwig, Michael D. Parker, Jonathan F. Smith, Douglas S. Reed, and Pamela J. Glass
21. Hemorrhagic Fever-Causing Mammarenaviruses
    Sheli R. Radoshitzky, Jens H. Kuhn, Peter B. Jahrling, and Sina Bavari
22. Henipaviruses
    Arnold Park, Sheli R. Radoshitzky, Jens H. Kuhn, and Benhur Lee
23. Filoviruses
    Sheli R. Radoshitzky, Sina Bavari, Peter B. Jahrling, and Jens H. Kuhn
24. Smallpox and Related Orthopoxviruses
    Arthur J. Goff, Sara C. Johnston, Jason Kindrachuk, Kenny L. Lin, Peter B. Jahrling, John W. Huggins,M. Sofi Ibrahim, James V. Lawler, and James W. Martin
25. Emerging Infectious Diseases and Future Threats
    Chris A. Whitehouse, Brett Beitzel, Zygmunt F. Dembek, and Alan L. Schmaljohn
26. Laboratory Identification of Threats
    David A. Norwood, Timothy D. Minogue, Randal J. Schoepp, and Mark J. Wolcott
27. Medical Countermeasures
    Phillip R. Pittman, Elizabeth S. Brown, and Matthew S. Chambers
28. Future Prospects of Vaccines and Antibodies in Biodefense
    Erik A. Henchal, George V. Ludwig, Chris A. Whitehouse, and John M. Scherer
29. Aerobiology: History, Development, and Programs
    Douglas S. Reed, Aysegul Nalca, and Chad J. Roy
30. Biosafety
    David E. Harbourt, Catherine L. Wilhelmsen, Kristie M. Yeakle, and Robert J. Hawley
31. Biological Surety
    Samuel S. Edwin, Virginia I. Roxas-Duncan, America M. Ceralde, Shelley C. Jorgensen, and Neal E. Woollen
32. Ethical Issues in the Development of Drugs and Vaccines for Biodefense
    Arthur O. Anderson, Jeffrey E. Stephenson, and Bret K. Purcell

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