Dembek Zygmunt F. (Ed.) Medical aspects of biological warfare

Department of the Army, 2008. — 613 p. — (Textbooks of military medicine).On October 12, 2007, during a planned exercise conducted by the Aeromedical Isolation Team of the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, a patient who has notionally been exposed to a biological agent is being contained in the stretcher transit isolator and being prepared for transport via helicopter to be given medical care in the biosafety level-4 containment care suite (the slammer).Peer Reviewers
Foreword by The Surgeon GeneralHistory of Biological Weapons: From Poisoned Darts to Intentional Epidemics
James W. Martin, George W. Christopher, and Edward M. Eitzen, Jr. Food, Waterborne, and Agricultural Diseases Zygmunt F. Dembek and Edwin L. Anderson
Epidemiology of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism Zygmunt F. Dembek, Julie A. Pavlin, and Mark G. Kortepeter Anthrax Bret K. Purcell, Patricia L. Worsham, and Arthur M. Friedlander Plague Patricia L. Worsham, Thomas W. McGovern, Nicholas J. Vietri, and Arthur M.Friedlander Glanders
Bridget Carr Gregory and David M. Waag Melioidosis
Nicholas J. Vietri and David Deshazer
Tularemia Matthew J. Hepburn, Arthur M. Friedlander, and Zygmunt F. Dembek
Brucellosis Bret K. Purcell, David L. Hoover, and Arthur M. Friedlander Q
Fever David M. Waag
Smallpox and Related Orthopoxviruses Peter B. Jahrling, John W. Huggins, M. Sofi Ibrahim, James V. Lawler, and James W. Martin
Alphavirus Encephalitides Keith E. Steele, Douglas S. Reed, Pamela J. Glass, Mary Kate Hart, George V. Ludwig, William D. Pratt, Michael D. Parker, and Jonathan F. Smith
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Peter B. Jahrling, Aileen M. Marty, and Thomas W. Geisbert Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B and Related Toxins Robert G. Ulrich, Catherine L.
Wilhelmsen, and Teresa Krakauerx Ricin Mark A. Poli, Chad Roy, Kermit D. Huebner, David R. Franz, and Nancy K. Jaax
Botulinum Toxin Zygmunt F. Dembek, Leonard A. Smith, and Janice M. Rusnak
Additional Toxins of Clinical Concern Kermit D. Huebner, Robert W. Wannemacher, Jr., Bradley G. Stiles, Michel R. Popoff, and Mark A. Poli
Laboratory Identification of Biological Threats Erik A. Henchal, George V. Ludwig, Chris A. Whitehouse, and John M. Scherer
Consequence Management: The National and Local Response Kermit D. Huebner and James W. Martin
Medical Management of Potential Biological Casualties: A Stepwise Approach. Theodore J. Cieslak and George W. Christopher
Medical Countermeasures Janice M. Rusnak, Ellen F. Boudreau, Matthew J. Hepburn, James W. Martin, and Sina Bavari
Biosafety Catherine L. Wilhelmsen and Robert J. Hawley
Biosurety Gretchen L. Demmin
Ethical and Legal Dilemmas in Biodefense Research Jeffrey E. Stephenson and Arthur O. Anderson
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Future Threats Chris A. Whitehouse, Alan L. Schmaljohn, and Zygmunt F. Dembek