Biodefense : research methodology and animal models /: research methodology and animal models. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by James R. Swearengen.
• Other Names: Swearengen, James R
• Contents: History of biological agents as weapons / James W. Martin -- Bioterrorism and biowarfare : similarities and differences / Nelson W. Rebert -- Scientific and ethical importance of animal models in biodefense research / James R. Swearengen and Arthur O. Anderson -- Development and validation of animal models / Jaime B. Anderson and Kenneth Tucker -- Infectious disease aerobiology : aerosol challenge methods / Chad J. Roy and Louise M. Pitt -- Characterization of new and advancement of existing animal models of bacillus anthracis infection / Elizabeth K. Leffel and Louise M. Pitt -- Glanders / David L. Fritz and David M. Waag -- Plague / Jeffery J. Adamovicz and Patricia L. Worsham -- Tularemia / Jeffery J. Adamovicz and David M. Waag -- Q fever / David M. Waag and David L. Fritz -- Brucellosis / Bret K. Purcell and Robert Rivard -- Alphaviruses / William D. Pratt [and others] -- Orthopoxviruses / Peter B. Jahrling and Victoria Wahl-Jensen -- Animal models for viral hemorrhagic fevers / Kelly l. Warfield and Thomas W. Geisbert -- Botulinum toxins / Stephen B. Greenbaum, Jaime B. Anderson, and Frank J. Lebeda -- Ricin / Stephen B. Greenbaum and Jaime B. Anderson -- Staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigens : in vitro and in vivo assays / Teresa Krakauer and Bradley G. Stiles.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 389 pages, [8] pages of plates), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 363.325/3; Bioterrorism -- Prevention -- Research; Infection -- Animal models; Communicable diseases -- Research; Biological weapons; Alternative toxicity testing; Toxins -- Research; Animal models in research; Bioterrorism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439836330; 1439836337
• Related ISBNs: 9781439836323
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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