Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense

The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense 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, science, and policy. In addition, the Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense provides an up-to-date overview of U.S. federal biodefense efforts, including explanations of all of the relevant agencies and missions, research agendas, legislation, and regulations. This edition revises and updates the original Encyclopedia, making it the single authoritative resource for students, scientists, policymakers, and journalists.Key features: Comprehensively covers the field of bioterrorism, including related science, technology, medicine, politics, law, and history Topics include entries on bioterrorism agents, detection, clinical presentation of disease, defense efforts, risk assessments, treaties, past incidents of bioterrorism, and pertinent people and organizations engaged in terrorist activities User friendly, with biological agents covered consistently across entries Includes important case studies, with discussion of lessons learned

Rebecca Katz is an Assistant Research Professor at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services in the Department of Health Policy. Her research is focused on public health preparedness, biological warfare, and the intersection of infectious diseases and national security. Current research projects are focused on evaluating bioterrorism training for clinicians and the implementation of the International Health Regulations. Since September 2004, Dr. Katz has been a consultant to the Department of State, working on issues related to Biological Weapons, attribution and the Biological Weapons Convention for the Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Implementation.

Raymond A. Zilinskas, Ph.D. is director of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. In 1993, Dr. Zilinskas was a William Foster Fellow at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, which seconded him to the United Nations Special Commission to work as a biological analyst; as such, he participated in two biological warfare-related inspections in Iraq. He has since then worked for the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and a consultant to the U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense. He currently focuses on developing effective biological arms control, assessing the proliferation potential of the former Soviet Union's biological warfare program, and meeting the threat of bioterrorism. He edited the book Biological Warfare: Modern Offense and Defense (1999).

Contents by Category
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgement
A
Abu Sayyaf Group
Aerosol (Aerobiology, Aerosols, Bioaerosols, Microbial Aerosols)
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
Aliens of America: A case study - First edition
Al-Qa'ida
Amerithrax
Anthrax
Anthrax Hoaxes: A case study - First edition
Anti-Material Agents
Armed Islamic Group: A case study - First edition
Asbat al Ansar
Assassinations
Attribution of Biological Weapons Use
Aum Shinrikyo and the Aleph
Australia Group
B
Baader-Meinhof Group - First
Biological Simulants
Biological Weapons Convention
Bioregulators
BioSense and Other Detection Methodologies for Biological Agents
Biotechnology and Bioterrorism
Bioterrorist Attack: Stages and Aftermath
Bioterrorism Preparedness: The United Kingdom Approach
Bioterrorism Targeted at Agriculture
Botulinum toxin (Clostridium botulinum)
BioWatch Program
Breeders: A Case Study - First edition
Brucellosis and Bioterrorism
C
CDC Category A - C Agents - First edition
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Bioterrorism Preparedness Program
Central Intelligence Agency
Chechen Separatists
Christian Identity
Consequence Management
Cost Effectiveness of Biological Weapons
Crisis Management
Cuba, Terrorism, and Biotechnology
D
Defense Research and Development Canada - Suffield - Defense and Development Canada Staff
Defense Treat Reduction Agency
Delivery Methodologies
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Department of defense
Department of Defense Policies on Force Health Protection: Medical Defense Against Biological Warfare Agents
Department of Homeland Security - First edition
Department of State
Diane Thompson: A Case Study - Monterey WMD-Terrorism Database Staff Director of National Intelligence
Dual-Use Equipment and Technology
Dugway Proving Ground - First edition
E
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground
Education for Biodefense
Environmental Protection Agency: Bioterrorism Defense Efforts
Epidemiology in Bioterrorism
Equine Encephalitis, Venezuelan, and Related Aphaviruses - First edition
Ethnic Weapons
Exercises
F
Fatality Management
Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice
Food and Drug Administration
Food and Waterborne Pathogens
Food Safety
Fort Detrick and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease
G
Geneva Protocol
H
HAMAS
Hizballah
Human Immunodeficiency Virus - First edition
Human Poxviruses
I
Identifying State-Run BW programs
Influenza (Flu) - First edition
Intelligence Collection and Analysis
International Cooperation and Bioterrorism Preparedness
International Health Regulations
International Organizations - First edition
INTERPOL
Islam and Bioterrorism
Israel
J
Jemah Islamiyah
L
Laboratory Biosecurity
Laboratory Response to Bioterrorism
Larry Wayne Harris
M
Managing Laboratory Biorisk
Marine Toxins
Media and Bioterrorism
Melamine Contamination Response System
Minnesota Patriots Council
Minutemen: A Case Study - First edition
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
N
Nano-Biotechnology
National Biodenfense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
National Center for Medical Intelligence
National Laboratories of the National Nuclear Security Agency
National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity
National Strategy for Biological Threats
Nations of Concern: Iran
Nations of Concern: Iraq
Nations of Concern: Libya
Nations of Concern: the Republic of Kurdistan
Nations of Concern: Syria
NATO and Biodefense
North American Militia
P
Palestine Islamic Jihad
Palestine Liberation Organization
Pathogens Causing Viral Hemorhagic Fevers
Pharmaceutical Industry
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Plague (Yersinia pestis)
Polisaro
Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center (PERRC) Network
Prion Diseases
Psychological and Social Sequelae of Bioterrorism
Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise and Project BioShield
Public Health Preparedness in the United States
R
Rajneeshees
Regional Centers of Excellence
Republic of Texas: A Case Study
Ricin and Abrin
RISE: A Case Study
Risk Assessment in Bioterrorism
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Ricketts)
S
Select Agent Rules
Staphylococcal Enterotoxins
Suicide Terrorism
Syndromic Surveillance
Synthetic Biology
T
Terrorist Group Identification
The Role of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Threat Reduction in the Former Soviet Union
Toxins: Overview and General Principles
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Typhus, Epidemic
U
Unit 731
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540
United States Department of Agriculture
United State Department of State's Biosecurity Engagement Program
United State Legislation and Presidential Directives
W
Water Supply, Vulnerability, and Attack Specifics
Weather Underground: A Case Study
Cross References
Index
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