Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness

Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness

Provides detailed information on biological warfare agents and their mode of transmission and spread. In addition, it 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, but it 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 the rapid development of accurate detection systems, this book is a timely resource on the topic.

Key Topics

Introduces different bacterial and viral agents, including Ebola and other emerging threats and toxins

Discusses medical countermeasures, including vaccines and post-exposure therapeutics

Includes a comprehensive review of current methods of detection