Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness
- 1 Edición - 5 de octubre de 2019
- Última edición
- Editores: S.J.S. Flora, Vidhu Pachauri
- Idioma: Inglés
Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness provides detailed information on biological warfare agents and their mode of transmission and spread. In addition, it explains methods o… Leer más
Descripción
Descripción
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.
Puntos claves
Puntos claves
- 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
De interès para
De interès para
Researchers and advanced students in toxicology and aspects of biological warfare agents. It will also prove helpful for medical students, civil administrators, medical doctors, first responders, and security forces
Índice
Índice
2. Bacterial biological warfare agents
3. Toxins as biological warfare agents
4. Viral agents including threat from emerging viral infections
5. Advance detection technologies for select biothreat agents
6. Microfluidics application for detection of biological warfare agents
7. Collection, storage, and transportation of samples for offsite analysis
8. Medical management of diseases associated with biological warfare
9. Protective equipment for protection against biological warfare agents
10. Environmental sampling and biodecontamination—Recent progress, challenges, and future direction
11. Biological and toxin warfare convention: Current status and future prospects
12. Next generation agents (synthetic agents): Emerging threats and challenges in detection, protection, and decontamination
13. Genome information of BW agents and their application in biodefence
14. Planning for protection of civilians against bioterrorism
Detalles del producto
Detalles del producto
- Edición: 1
- Última edición
- Publicado: 5 de octubre de 2019
- Idioma: Inglés
Sobre los editores
Sobre los editores
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S.J.S. Flora
Dr. S. J. S. Flora is currently the Director and Dean, Era College of Pharmacy, Era Medical University, Lucknow. He was the Director of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India and also served as Director of NIPER SAS Nagar (Mohali). He was also the former Head of the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India. He earned his PhD from the CSIR–Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and completed postdoctoral research at Utah State University in the USA. His research achievements include the development of a novel therapeutic agent for chronic arsenic poisoning which was approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). Dr. Flora has published more than 382 research articles, 75 review articles and book chapters, holds 18 patents, and authored or edited six books, including Handbook of Arsenic Toxicology and Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness, published by Elsevier/Academic Press.
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