| Description |
xvii, 244 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Why understanding biological weapons matters to medical and public health professionals -- Bioterrorism on the home front: a new challenge for American medicine -- Clinical presentation of inhalational anthrax following bioterrorism exposure: report of two surviving patients -- Death due to bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax: report of two patients -- Bioterrorism preparedness and response: clinicians and public health agencies as essential partners -- Fatal inhalation anthrax with unknown source of exposure in a 61-year-old woman in New York City -- Fatal inhalation anthrax in a 94-year-old Connecticut woman -- Cutaneous anthrax associated with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and coagulopathy in a 7-month-old infant -- Anthrax as a biological weapon: updated recommendations for management -- Smallpox as a biological weapon -- Plague as a biological weapon -- Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon -- Tularemia as a biological weapon -- Hemorrhagic fever viruses as biological weapons -- Large-scale quarantine following biological terrorism in the United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bioterrorism.
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| Author |
Inglesby, Thomas V.
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O'Toole, Tara, 1951-
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| LC no. |
2002008415 |
| ISBN |
157947280X : |
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157947280X |
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