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The Role of Biotechnology in Countering BTW Agents

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Editors:
  1. Alexander Kelle

    1. Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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  2. Malcolm R. Dando

    1. Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

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  3. Kathryn Nixdorff

    1. Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 1 (ASDT, volume 34)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  3. Biotechnology in BTW Agent Detection: Underlying Technologies

    1. The Potential of Different Biotechnology Methods in BTW Agent Detection

      • Peter Sveshnikov
      Pages 69-77

    2. The Potential of Different Biotechnology Methods in BTW Agent Detection

      • Dario Leslie
      Pages 79-91

    3. The Role of Biotechnology in BTW Agent Detection

      • Kathryn Nixdorff, Alexei G. Prilipov
      Pages 93-103

    4. Detection of Biological Agents and Biosensor Design

      • James J. Valdes, James P. Chambers
      Pages 105-120

  4. Biotechnology and BTW Agent Detection in Different Environments

    1. Detecting BTW Agents on the Battlefield

      • P. C. C. Henri Garrigue
      Pages 121-128

    2. Detecting Biological Terrorism

      • Gary Eifried
      Pages 129-140

    3. Detecting Biological and Toxin Weapon Agents in an Inspection Environment

      • Graham S. Pearson
      Pages 141-159

  5. The Role of Biotechnology in the Pre-Exposure Treatment of BTW Agents

    1. Possibilities and Limitations of Vaccination

      • Kathryn Nixdorff
      Pages 161-183

    2. The Development of an Oral Vaccine Against Anthrax

      • Netty D. Zegers, Eerenst Kluter, Hans van der Stap, Ernst van Dura, Philip van Dalen, Mike Shaw
      Pages 185-196

    3. Vaccine Production

      • Jack Melling
      Pages 197-214

  6. The Role of Biotechnology in Diagnosis and Identification of BTW Agents

    1. The Role of Biotechnology in Protection Against BTW Agents - Overview from a Medical Point of View and Identification of the Symptoms

      • György Berencsi, Gábor Faludi
      Pages 215-225

    2. Medical Countermeasures to Biological Warfare Agents

      • David R. Franz
      Pages 227-234

  7. The Role of Biotechnology in Protection Against BTW Agents: Post-Exposure Treatment

    1. Treatment of Mass Casualties Under Worst Case Assumptions

      • Sven-Åke Persson
      Pages 235-245
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Biotechnology is vital to counter biological and toxin weapons. Without biotechnology, the detection, identification and diagnoses of, and medical countermeasures to such weapons would be virtually impossible. As biological and toxin agents occur in natural outbreaks of disease or intoxications, there are both civil and military benefit to be had from the use of biotechnology in providing effective countermeasures to such agents.
The role of biotechnology in countering biological and toxin weapons is here addressed under seven major headings:
  • The wider political and economic contexts;
  • Enabling technologies for BTW agent detection;
  • The applicability of biotechnological methods for BTW agent detection on the battlefield, in a terrorist incident, and in an inspection environment;
  • Pre-exposure medical countermeasures;
  • Diagnosis and identification;
  • Post-exposure treatment and decontamination;
  • Contribution of biotechnology to strengthening international conventions against BTW agents.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Alexander Kelle

  • Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

    Malcolm R. Dando

  • Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Kathryn Nixdorff

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