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Microorganisms and Bioterrorism

  • Offers a concise overview of the past and most recent developments in microbiology and neuroscience
  • Contributed to internationally renowned experts in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis (IAPA)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Biotechnology and the Public Health Response to Bioterrorism

    • Andrew Cannons, Philip Amuso, Burt Anderson
    Pages 1-13
  3. The Infectious Disease Physician and Microbial Bioterrorism

    • Sandra G. Gompf, Jordan Lewis, Eknath Naik, Kaley Tash
    Pages 31-38
  4. Smallpox: Pathogenesis and Host Immune Responses Relevant to Vaccine and Therapeutic Strategies

    • Michele A. Kutzler, Kenneth E. Ugen, David B. Weiner
    Pages 63-81
  5. Bacillus anthracis: Agent of Bioterror and Disease

    • Christopher K. Cote, Donald J. Chabot, Angelo Scorpio, Thomas E. Blank, William A. Day, Susan L. Welkos et al.
    Pages 83-120
  6. Tularemia Pathogenesis and Immunity

    • Stephen L. Michell, Kate F. Griffin, Richard W. Titball
    Pages 121-137
  7. Brucella and Bioterrorism

    • Michelle Wright Valderas, R. Martin Roop II
    Pages 139-153
  8. Pneumonic Plague

    • David L. Erickson, B. Joseph Hinnebusch
    Pages 155-179
  9. Coxiella burnetii, Q Fever, and Bioterrorism

    • J. D. Miller, E. I. Shaw, H. A. Thompson
    Pages 181-208
  10. Genomic and Proteomic Approaches Against Q Fever

    • James E. Samuel, Laura R. Hendrix, Kasi Russell, Guoquan Zhang
    Pages 209-226
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 237-240

Reviews

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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, USA

    Burt Anderson, Herman Friedman

  • Universita di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Mauro Bendinelli

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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