Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780323548410 |
| ISBN10: | 0323548415 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 400 pages |
| Size: | 234x190 mm |
| Weight: | 450 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 50 illustrations (50 in full color) |
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Category:
Viral Outbreaks, Biosecurity, and Preparing for Mass Casualty Infectious Diseases Events
Publisher: Elsevier
Date of Publication: 16 June 2025
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Long description:
Written by authorities in infectious disease and disaster preparedness, this one-stop resource covers the relevant theoretical, historical, and pragmatic considerations of viral outbreaks and bioterrorism. It provides an expert overview of this complex area for infectious disease physicians, emergency medicine physicians, hospital administrators, and more.
- Explores the historical context of various agents and potential agents that could be used for bioterrorism, including anthrax, tularemia, smallpox, SARS, and more
- Discusses the lessons learned from naturally occurring outbreaks that have enhanced preparedness at individual hospitals locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
- Provides forms, checklists, and algorithms throughout - invaluable resources for health care providers and administrators
- Consolidates today’s available information on this timely topic into a single convenient resource
Table of Contents:
1. Historical Perspective
The Organisms
2. Anthrax
3. Tularemia
4. Plague
5. VHF
6. Small pox
7. Influenza
8. Avian Influenza
Coronavirus
9. SARS
10. MERS-CoV
Public Health Tracking, Prevention, and Planning
11. Ethical issues with preparedness
12. Surveillance strategies
13. Translating Policy into Practice
14. Planning for a Bioterrorism or Pandemic Event: Public Health Perspective
15. Issues in healthcare settings (including assessing exposures)
16. Transmission dynamics, modeling of outbreaks and interventions
17. Recovery from large infectious diseases outbreak
18. Diagnostics
19. Prevention
20. Designer pathogens and synthetic biology
The Organisms
2. Anthrax
3. Tularemia
4. Plague
5. VHF
6. Small pox
7. Influenza
8. Avian Influenza
Coronavirus
9. SARS
10. MERS-CoV
Public Health Tracking, Prevention, and Planning
11. Ethical issues with preparedness
12. Surveillance strategies
13. Translating Policy into Practice
14. Planning for a Bioterrorism or Pandemic Event: Public Health Perspective
15. Issues in healthcare settings (including assessing exposures)
16. Transmission dynamics, modeling of outbreaks and interventions
17. Recovery from large infectious diseases outbreak
18. Diagnostics
19. Prevention
20. Designer pathogens and synthetic biology
