Microorganisms and Bioterrorism (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Anderson, Burt; Bendinelli, Mauro; Friedman, Herman

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

physicians and infectious diseases specialists in the control of microbial bioterrorism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387281599
• Artikelnr.: 37288180

Inhaltsangabe

Biotechnology and the Public Health Response to Bioterrorism.- Historical Perspectives of Microbial Bioterrorism.- The Infectious Disease Physician and Microbial Bioterrorism.- Modulation of Innate Immunity to Protect Against Biological Weapon Threat.- Smallpox: Pathogenesis and Host Immune Responses Relevant to Vaccine and Therapeutic Strategies.- Bacillus anthracis: Agent of Bioterror and Disease.- Tularemia Pathogenesis and Immunity.- Brucella and Bioterrorism.- Pneumonic Plague.- Coxiella burnetii, Q Fever, and Bioterrorism.- Genomic and Proteomic Approaches Against Q Fever.- Rickettsia rickettsii and Other Members of the Spotted Fever Group as Potential Bioweapons.

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "This edited volume focuses on the biology of potential bioterrorism agents. ... One of the best characteristics of this book is the ... list of references at the end of each chapter, which researchers and medical practitioners may find useful. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above." (K. H. Jacobsen, CHOICE, Vol. 43 (10), June, 2006)