Learn how to assess and prevent biosecurity threats to protect public health and national security With contributions from experts in all facets of biosecurity, this book explains the fundamental elements of biosecurity as well as the related concepts of biosafety and biosurety,…
Provides complete coverage of bioterrorism and defense against it, spanning scientific, technological, clinical, legal, historical, and political aspects.
This second edition provides complete coverage of bioterrorism and defense against it, spanning scientific, technological, clinical, legal, historical, and political aspects. The topics cover the most recent developments and thinking on biodefense, biosecurity, terrorism, scienc…
Traces the origins of biological and chemical warfare, discussing the use of poison arrows, germ infected traps, and dangerous animals and insects in ancient and medieval times while considering the moral ramifications.
From myth to history, Hercules to Hannibal, battle-elephants to bubonic plague, Greek Fire to napalm, onward and upward, here it is - carefully documented, expansive in scope and told with brio, irony, and outrage - the sorry story of man's genius for turning natural forces into…
Forfatteren tager her det ovenstående tema op, således som det blev praktiseret i antikken. Der er ingen konventioner for krigsførelse og man bruger alle midler for at ramme både soldater og nonkombattanter. Her beskrives brugen af forgiftede pile og håndvåben, forgiftede vandre…
Traces the origins of biological and chemical warfare, discussing the use of poison arrows, germ infected traps, and dangerous animals and insects in ancient and medieval times while considering the moral ramifications.
At the turn of the 21st century, the United States contended with a state-run biological warfare program, bioterrorism, and a pandemic. Together, these threats spurred large-scale government demand for new vaccines, but few have materialized. A new anthrax vaccine has been a pri…