| Edition |
[2018 edition]. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xlix, 938, 1 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color). |
| Series |
Textbooks of military medicine |
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Textbooks of military medicine.
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| Note |
Revised edition of: Medical aspects of biological warfare / senior editor, Zygmunt F. Dembek. 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Historical overview: from poisoned darts to pan-hazard preparedness -- Epidemiology of biowarfare and bioterrorism -- Food, waterborne, and agricultural diseases -- Consequence management: the local and national response -- Medical management of potential biological casualties: a stepwise approach -- Anthrax -- Brucellosis -- Glanders -- Melioidosis -- Plague -- Tularemia -- Q fever -- Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections as a threat to the US military health system: acinetobacter infections as a case study -- Botulinum toxin -- Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin -- Ricin -- Staphylococcal enterotoxin B and related toxins produced by staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus pyogenes -- Toxins from venoms and poisons -- Marine algal toxins of concern as intentional contaminants -- Alphavirus encephalitides -- Hemorrhagic fever-causing mammarenaviruses -- Henipaviruses -- Filoviruses -- Smallpox and related orthopox viruses -- Emerging infectious diseases and future threats -- Laboratory identification of threats -- Medical countermeasures -- Future prospects of vaccines and antibodies in biodefense -- Aerobiology: history, development, and programs -- Biosafety -- Biological surety -- Ethical issues in the development of drugs and vaccines for biodefense -- Abbreviations and acronyms. |
| Summary |
"Addresses weaponization of biological agents. Categorizes potential agents as food, waterborne, or agricultural toxins and discusses the respective epidemiology."--Amazon.com viewed Oct. 29, 2020 |
| Note |
Online resource, PDF version; title from PDF title page (AMEDDC & S website, viewed October 12, 2018). |
| Subject |
Medicine, Military.
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Biological warfare.
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Bioterrorism -- prevention & control.
(DNLM)D023482Q000517
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Communicable Disease Control -- methods.
(DNLM)D003140Q000379
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Military Medicine -- methods.
(DNLM)D008887Q000379
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Biological warfare. (OCoLC)fst00832355
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Medicine, Military. (OCoLC)fst01015285
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| Genre/Form |
Government publications.
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| Added Author |
Bozue, Joel, editor.
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Cote, Christopher K., editor.
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Glass, Pamela J., editor.
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Borden Institute (U.S.), issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Medical aspects of biological warfare. 2. Fort Sam Houston, Texas : Office of the Surgeon General, Borden Institute, US Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, 2018 9780160941597 (DLC) 2017057681 (OCoLC)1014140935 |
| ISBN |
9780160941597 (electronic book) |
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0160941598 (electronic book) |
| Gpo Item No. |
0352-F (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 104.35:B 52/2018 |
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