Beyond Anthrax: The Weaponization of Infectious Diseases

Couverture
Larry I. Lutwick, Suzanne M. Lutwick
Springer Science & Business Media, 15 déc. 2008 - 374 pages

Biological warfare has, unfortunately, in the post 9/11 world become a significant topic of discussion in both the medical and lay presses. In the wake of the biological "letter bombs" containing anthrax spores, the possibility of biologic and/or toxic attacks on civilians in any part of the world became no longer a possibility. It is now part of common discussion and consciousness.

This book presents the history of the topics and clinically relevant discussions on those high risk (Category A) diseases beyond anthrax as well as a number of infections and toxins at the Category B level. Importantly, in addition, the text includes sections on Public Health Infrastructure, Public Health Law, Surveillance, Mental Health Management and Media Role all of which relate to epidemics of any sort, not just intentional biological events.

Beyond Anthrax: The Weaponization of Infectious Diseases is a product that should serve as a reference point for clinicians, epidemiologists and public health personnel to understand in practical detail many of the aspects of weapons of biowarfare as well as the appropriate responses to them.

 

Table des matières

Old Idea New Word Continuing Taboo
2
Smallpox and Bioterrorism
17
Plague
55
Tularemia
77
Botulism
85
The Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
107
Melioidosis
145
Epidemic Typhus Fever
159
Public Health Infrastructure
225
Public Health Law and Biological Terrorism
239
Public Health Surveillance for Bioterrorism
253
Psychosocial Management of Bioterrorism Events
279
The Role of the Media in Bioterrorism
295
Rapid Detection of Bioterrorism Pathogens
317
Plant Pathogens as Biological Weapons Against Agriculture
335
Index
365

Category B Biotoxins
181
Intentional Terrorist Contamination of Food and Water
207

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À propos de l'auteur (2008)

Larry I. Lutwick, MD is Director of the Infectious Disease Unit at the Brooklyn Campus of the Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Health Care System in Brooklyn, New York and Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center.

Suzanne M. Lutwick, MPH is Director of Grant Development for the Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation in Hackensack, New Jersey and adjunct faculty at State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center and at Seton Hall University, East Orange, New Jersey.

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