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Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness provides detailed information on biological warfare agents and their mode of transmission and spread. In addition, it explains methods of detection and medical countermeasures, including vaccine and post-exposure therapeutics, with specific sections detailing diseases, their transmission, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, vaccines, prevention and management. This book is useful reading for researchers and advanced students in toxicology, but it will also prove helpful for medical students, civil administration, medical doctors, first responders and security forces. As the highly unpredictable nature of any event involving biological warfare agents has given rise to the need for the rapid development of accurate detection systems, this book is a timely resource on the topic.

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Author:   S.J.S. Flora (Former Director, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India) ,  Vidhu Pachauri (Guest Faculty at NIPER-Raebareli, Lucknow campus and worked as Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, India.)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9780128120262

ISBN 10:   0128120266
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   05 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Biological warfare agents: History and modern-day relevance 2. Bacterial biological warfare agents 3. Toxins as biological warfare agents 4. Viral agents including threat from emerging viral infections 5. Advance detection technologies for select biothreat agents 6. Microfluidics application for detection of biological warfare agents 7. Collection, storage, and transportation of samples for offsite analysis 8. Medical management of diseases associated with biological warfare 9. Protective equipment for protection against biological warfare agents 10. Environmental sampling and biodecontamination—Recent progress, challenges, and future direction 11. Biological and toxin warfare convention: Current status and future prospects 12. Next generation agents (synthetic agents): Emerging threats and challenges in detection, protection, and decontamination 13. Genome information of BW agents and their application in biodefence 14. Planning for protection of civilians against bioterrorism

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Dr. S. J. S. Flora is the Former Director of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli (NIPER-R), Uttar Pradesh, India, since 2016. Dr. Flora was head of Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Defense Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India. He earned his PhD in 1985 from CSIR-Indian Toxicology Research Center, Lucknow, and was a postdoctoral research associate at Utah State University, USA. His most highlighted contribution has been the development of a new drug for the therapy of chronic arsenic poisoning, which was approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). He has published more than 350 research papers, 75 review articles/chapters, 18 patents, and more than 16,000 citations. He has published 6 books including the prestigious Handbook of Arsenic Toxicology and the Handbook of Arsenic Toxicology and the Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness published by Elsevier/Academic Press (USA). Dr Vidhu is senior research fellow at Defence Research Development Establishment, Gwalior, India, and lecturer at Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, India.

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