Encyclopaedia of Bioterrorism, Vols. I to V/S.K. Prasad.
New Delhi, Discovery Publishing House, 2008, 1456 p., ISBN
81-8356-302-4.
Encyclopaedia of Bioterrorism, Vols. I to V/S.K. Prasad.
New Delhi, Discovery Publishing House, 2008, 1456 p., ISBN
81-8356-302-4.
Contents: Vol. I. Biological War: 1. Biological warfare. 2. Biological threat and Atomic Bomb. 3. Threat created by bioweapons. 4. Airborne diseases. 5. Foodborne and waterborne diseases. 6. Soilborne diseases. 7. Physical control. 8. Chemical control. 9. Antibiotics. 10. Biological challenge. 11. Regulatory environment. 12. Sensitive information. 13. Recommendations. Index.
Vol. II. Biological Agents: 1. Introduction. 2. Agents of biological diseases. 3. Laboratory requirements. 4. Medical management. 5. Disease control and prevention. 6. Epidemiology. 7. Emerging diseases. 8. Virulence detection. 9. Plague. 10. Anthrax. 11. Smallpox. 12. Botulism. 13. Tularemia. 14. Ebola and other viral hemorrhagic fevers. 15. Human Hepatitis. Index.
Vol. III. Biological Weapons: 1. Introduction. 2. Biological weapons. 3. Biological weapons program. 4. Evolution of biological weapons. 5. Security and threat. 6. Homeland security. 7. Threat of biological weapons. 8. Changing face of the war. 9. Wound healing. 10. Genomic weapons. 11. Biological weapons capabilities. 12. Rare strategies. 13. Biological terrorism. 14. Unbounding the future. 15. Costs and consequences. Index.
Vol. IV. Chemical Weapons: 1. Introduction. 2. Defensive approach. 3. Threat to food and water supply. 4. Terroristic Movement. 5. Forensic science center. 6. Chemical security. 7. L-Gel decontaminates better than bleach. 8. Offence of Gulf. 9. Microfluidic devices. 10. Zeroing in on genes. 11. Biomedical research benefits. 12. Small science. 13. Artificial sleep. 14. Types of weapons. 15. Droplet-based microelectrofluidic biosensor. 16. Bioweapon. 17. After effects. 18. Concluding remarks. Index.
Vol. V. Terrorism and Bioterrorism: 1. Introduction. 2. Framing the threat. 3. Challenge of biological terrorism. 4. Training and education. 5. Information and communication. 6. Organization and co-ordination. 7. Public-private partnership. 8. Conclusions and recommendations. 9. Bioterrorism education. 10. Bioterrorism education for medical students. 11. Prevention of terrorism. 12. Natural disasters, major accidents and terrorism. 13. Bioterrorism working group. 14. Bioterrorism threats with interior plants. 15. Terrorism in North Dakota. 16. Attack on bioterrorism. 17. Bioterrorism consequences management. Index.
"The present title "Encyclopaedia of Bioterrorism" aims to bring historical context to present concerns about biological weapons, biological agents, chemical weapons and the potential for bioterrorism. The lack of use of biological weapons in war advocates for using biology to create a new class of weapons initially envisioned delivery systems for pathogenic aerosols that mimicked those for chemical weapons, which were mainly bombs that generated aerosols intended to kill or disable troops in a local area. This vision was quickly replaced by the concept of creating huge clouds of germs that would drift with the wind and infect people over areas of thousands of square miles. The scientists and civil and military leaders who believed in the future of biological weapons saw their potential for fulfilling the goals of total war, for the mass killing or debilitation of enemy civilians. It is often asked why biological weapons are different from any other means of destruction. The answer is that they are the only ones devised expressly to kill defenseless humans and animal and plant life, with little real battlefield potential in modern war." (jacket)