Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness provides detailed information on biological warfare agents, their mode of transmission and spread. It also 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 and the aspects of biological warfare agents, but 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 developing rapid and accurate detection systems, this book is a timely resource on the topic. Introduces different bacterial and viral agents, including Ebola and other emerging threats and toxinsDiscusses medical countermeasures, including vaccines and post-exposure therapeuticsIncludes a comprehensive review of the current methods for detection INDICE: 1. History of Biological Warfare Agents2. Biological Warfare Agents and characteristics3. Anthrax4. Plague5. Brucellosis6. Melioidosis7. Rickettsial Diseases8. Q fever9. Psittacosis10. Bacterial Toxins11. Haemorrhagic Viruses12. Detection of Biological Warfare Agents13. Individual Protection against BW agents14. Decontamination of BW agents15. Management of biological emergencies16. Vaccines for BW agents17. Post Exposure therapeutics for toxins18. Antimicrobials for treatment of biological warfare agents19. Bioterrorsim and its impact on global health20. Emerging and reemerging viral infections and importance as biological warfare agents
- ISBN: 978-0-12-812026-2
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 250
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2019
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés