Microorganisms and bioterrorism /
edited by Burt Anderson, Herman Friedman, and Mauro Bendinelli.
- New York, NY : Springer,
- xx, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Infectious agents and pathogenesis .
- Infectious agents and pathogenesis. .
Includes bibliographical references.
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 / Andrew Cannons, Philip Amuso, and Burt Anderson -- Stephen A. Morse -- Sandra G. Gompf [and others] -- Ken Alibek and Catherine Lobanova -- Michele A. Kutzler, Kenneth E. Ugen, and David B. Weiner-- Christopher K. Cote [and others] -- Stephen L. Michell, Kate F. Griffin, and Richard W. Titball -- Michelle Wright Valderas and R. Martin Roop II -- David L. Erickson and B. Joseph Hinnebusch -- J.D. Miller, E.I Shaw, and H.A. Thompson -- James E. Samuel [and others] -- Donald H. Bouyer and David H. Walker.
The purpose of this book is to bring together, in a single volume, the most up-to-date information concerning microbes with potential as bioterrorist weapons.