Defense Against Biological Attacks : Volume I / / edited by Sunit K. Singh, Jens H. Kuhn |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (332 pages) |
Disciplina | 616.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical microbiology
Virology Neurosciences Biological Warfare - prevention & control Biological Warfare Agents Medical Microbiology |
ISBN | 3-030-03053-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | General Section -- Historical Aspects of Biological Weapons Development and Use -- Biodefense Strategies -- Need for Biosurveillance -- Role of Information Technology in Biodefense -- Role of Social Media in Biodefense -- Health-care System Preparedness -- Emergency Preparedness -- Pathogens and Toxins Potentially Used for Biological Attacks -- Bacillus anthracis -- Botulinum toxin -- Yersinia pestis -- Variola virus -- Francisella tularensis -- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers -- Brucellae -- Burkholderia mallei -- Burkholderia pseudomallei -- Coxiella burnetii -- Rickettsia prowazekii -- Food Safety-related Biothreats -- Water Safety-related Biothreats -- Neurotropic Viruses -- Microbiological Toxins. |
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Defense Against Biological Attacks : Volume II / / edited by Sunit K. Singh, Jens H. Kuhn |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 358.3882 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical microbiology
Health promotion Infectious diseases Medical Microbiology Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Infectious Diseases |
ISBN | 3-030-03071-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Other Potential Strategies of Biodefense -- Advanced Molecular Biology Tools & Diagnostics -- High Containment Infectious Disease Laboratories as an Integral Part of Emergency Preparedness -- Decontamination Capabilities and Facilities -- Virogenomics as a Tool for Molecular Epidemiology and Forensics -- Next Generation Sequencing Tools for Pathogen Detection -- Metagenomics -- Point-of-care Diagnostic Facilities for Outbreak Intervention -- Psychological Impact of Biological Attacks -- Public-health Preparedness -- Viral Therapeutics -- Bacterial Therapeutics -- Emergency Training for Veterinary Professionals -- Global Biodefense Coordination. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337941703321 |
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Global Virology I - Identifying and Investigating Viral Diseases / / edited by Paul Shapshak, John T. Sinnott, Charurut Somboonwit, Jens H. Kuhn |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (847 p.) |
Disciplina | 610 |
Soggetto topico |
Virology
Immunology Vaccines Vaccine |
ISBN | 1-4939-2410-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Preface -- Short peptide vaccine design and development: Promises and Challenges -- Human Papillomavirus -- Adaptation of fresh water mosquito vectors to salinity increases arboviral disease transmission risk in the context of anthropogenic environmental changes -- Epidemiology of Henipavirus -- Respiratory Syncytial Virus -- Surveillance for Hepatitis C -- Nipah virus emergence, transmission, and pathogenesis -- A decade of giant virus genomics -- Expanded Host Diversity and Global Distribution of Hantaviruses -- Family Bunyaviridae -- The Role of Viral Protein Phosphorylation During Filovirus Infection -- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers of Animals Caused By DNA Viruses -- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers of Animals Caused By Double-Stranded RNA Viruses -- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers of Animals Caused By Positive-Stranded RNA Viruses -- Flaviviruses: Introduction to Dengue viruses -- Flavivirus Encephalitis -- West Nile Virus -- Zika Arbovirus -- Arenaviruses -- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers of Animals Caused by Negative-Strand RNA Viruses -- XMRV: Emerging Human Infection or False Alarm -- Prion disease, HIV-1 infection, Alzheimer’s disease -- Origin and Evolution of Human Immunodeficiency Viruses -- Global Protein sequence variation in HIV-1-B isolates derived from human blood and brain -- Mutational immune escape in HIV-1 infection -- The Biology of Quiescent CD4 T cells, their role in HIV-1 infection and cocaine drug abuse -- Role of Macrophages in the Immunopathogenesis of HIV-1 Infection -- Brain Imaging in People with HIV -- Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Surveillance and Disease Severity -- Ebolavirus Disease. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298270703321 |
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The Soviet biological weapons program [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / Milton Leitenberg and Raymond A. Zilinskas, with Jens H. Kuhn |
Autore | Leitenberg Milton |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 921 pages ) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 358/.3882094709045 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ZilinskasRaymond A
KuhnJens H |
Soggetto topico |
Biological weapons - Soviet Union - History
Biological warfare - Soviet Union - History Biological arms control - Soviet Union - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-674-07023-2
0-674-06526-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. The Soviet Union's Biological Warfare Program, 1918- 1972 -- 2. Beginnings of the "Modern" Soviet BW program, 1970- 1977 -- 3. USSR Ministry of Defense Facilities and its Biological Warfare Program -- 4. Open-Air Testing of Biological Weapons by Aralsk-7 on Vozrozhdeniye Island -- 5. Soviet Civilian Sector Defenses against Biological Warfare and Infectious Diseases -- 6. Biopreparat's Role in the Soviet Biological Warfare Program and Its Survival in Russia -- 7. Biopreparat's State Research Center for Applied Microbiology (SRCAM) -- 8. All-Union Research Institute of Molecular Biology and Scientific-Production Association "Vector" -- 9. Biopreparat Facilities at Leningrad, Lyubuchany, and Stepnogorsk -- 10. Soviet Biological Weapons and Doctrines for Their Use -- 11. Distinguishing between Offensive and Defensive Biological Warfare Activities -- 12. Assessments of Soviet Biological Warfare Activities by Western Intelligence Services -- 13. United States Covert Biological Warfare Disinformation -- 14. Soviet Allegations of the Use of Biological Weapons by the United States -- 15. Sverdlovsk 1979: The Release of Bacillus anthracis Spores from a Soviet Ministry of Defense Facility and Its Consequences -- 16. Soviet Research on Mycotoxins -- 17. Assistance by Warsaw Pact States to the Soviet Union's Biological Warfare Program -- 18. The Question of Proliferation from the USSR Biological Warfare Program -- 19. Recalcitrant Russian Policies in a Parallel Area: Chemical Weapon Demilitarization -- 20. The Soviet Union, Russia, and Biological Warfare Arms Control -- 21. The Gorbachev Years: The Soviet Biological Weapons Program, 1985- 1992 -- 22. Boris Yeltsin to the Present -- 23. United States and International Efforts to Prevent Proliferation of Biological Weapons Expertise from the Former Soviet Union -- Conclusion -- Annex A. Annex B. Annex C. Annex D. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- Annex A: Acronyms and Russian Terms -- Annex B: Glossary of Biological Warfare-Related Words and Terms -- Annex C: A Joint Decree of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, USSR, and the USSR Council of Ministers, Dated 24 June 1981 -- Annex D: Joint US/UK/Russian Statement of Biological Weapons -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452772803321 |
Leitenberg Milton
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The Soviet biological weapons program : a history / / Milton Leitenberg and Raymond A. Zilinskas, with Jens H. Kuhn |
Autore | Leitenberg Milton |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 921 pages ) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 358/.3882094709045 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ZilinskasRaymond A
KuhnJens H |
Soggetto topico |
Biological weapons - Soviet Union - History
Biological warfare - Soviet Union - History Biological arms control - Soviet Union - History |
ISBN |
0-674-07023-2
0-674-06526-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. The Soviet Union's Biological Warfare Program, 1918- 1972 -- 2. Beginnings of the "Modern" Soviet BW program, 1970- 1977 -- 3. USSR Ministry of Defense Facilities and its Biological Warfare Program -- 4. Open-Air Testing of Biological Weapons by Aralsk-7 on Vozrozhdeniye Island -- 5. Soviet Civilian Sector Defenses against Biological Warfare and Infectious Diseases -- 6. Biopreparat's Role in the Soviet Biological Warfare Program and Its Survival in Russia -- 7. Biopreparat's State Research Center for Applied Microbiology (SRCAM) -- 8. All-Union Research Institute of Molecular Biology and Scientific-Production Association "Vector" -- 9. Biopreparat Facilities at Leningrad, Lyubuchany, and Stepnogorsk -- 10. Soviet Biological Weapons and Doctrines for Their Use -- 11. Distinguishing between Offensive and Defensive Biological Warfare Activities -- 12. Assessments of Soviet Biological Warfare Activities by Western Intelligence Services -- 13. United States Covert Biological Warfare Disinformation -- 14. Soviet Allegations of the Use of Biological Weapons by the United States -- 15. Sverdlovsk 1979: The Release of Bacillus anthracis Spores from a Soviet Ministry of Defense Facility and Its Consequences -- 16. Soviet Research on Mycotoxins -- 17. Assistance by Warsaw Pact States to the Soviet Union's Biological Warfare Program -- 18. The Question of Proliferation from the USSR Biological Warfare Program -- 19. Recalcitrant Russian Policies in a Parallel Area: Chemical Weapon Demilitarization -- 20. The Soviet Union, Russia, and Biological Warfare Arms Control -- 21. The Gorbachev Years: The Soviet Biological Weapons Program, 1985- 1992 -- 22. Boris Yeltsin to the Present -- 23. United States and International Efforts to Prevent Proliferation of Biological Weapons Expertise from the Former Soviet Union -- Conclusion -- Annex A. Annex B. Annex C. Annex D. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- Annex A: Acronyms and Russian Terms -- Annex B: Glossary of Biological Warfare-Related Words and Terms -- Annex C: A Joint Decree of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, USSR, and the USSR Council of Ministers, Dated 24 June 1981 -- Annex D: Joint US/UK/Russian Statement of Biological Weapons -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779139903321 |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2012 | ||
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The Soviet biological weapons program : a history / / Milton Leitenberg and Raymond A. Zilinskas, with Jens H. Kuhn |
Autore | Leitenberg Milton |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 921 pages ) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 358/.3882094709045 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ZilinskasRaymond A
KuhnJens H |
Soggetto topico |
Biological weapons - Soviet Union - History
Biological warfare - Soviet Union - History Biological arms control - Soviet Union - History |
ISBN |
0-674-07023-2
0-674-06526-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. The Soviet Union's Biological Warfare Program, 1918- 1972 -- 2. Beginnings of the "Modern" Soviet BW program, 1970- 1977 -- 3. USSR Ministry of Defense Facilities and its Biological Warfare Program -- 4. Open-Air Testing of Biological Weapons by Aralsk-7 on Vozrozhdeniye Island -- 5. Soviet Civilian Sector Defenses against Biological Warfare and Infectious Diseases -- 6. Biopreparat's Role in the Soviet Biological Warfare Program and Its Survival in Russia -- 7. Biopreparat's State Research Center for Applied Microbiology (SRCAM) -- 8. All-Union Research Institute of Molecular Biology and Scientific-Production Association "Vector" -- 9. Biopreparat Facilities at Leningrad, Lyubuchany, and Stepnogorsk -- 10. Soviet Biological Weapons and Doctrines for Their Use -- 11. Distinguishing between Offensive and Defensive Biological Warfare Activities -- 12. Assessments of Soviet Biological Warfare Activities by Western Intelligence Services -- 13. United States Covert Biological Warfare Disinformation -- 14. Soviet Allegations of the Use of Biological Weapons by the United States -- 15. Sverdlovsk 1979: The Release of Bacillus anthracis Spores from a Soviet Ministry of Defense Facility and Its Consequences -- 16. Soviet Research on Mycotoxins -- 17. Assistance by Warsaw Pact States to the Soviet Union's Biological Warfare Program -- 18. The Question of Proliferation from the USSR Biological Warfare Program -- 19. Recalcitrant Russian Policies in a Parallel Area: Chemical Weapon Demilitarization -- 20. The Soviet Union, Russia, and Biological Warfare Arms Control -- 21. The Gorbachev Years: The Soviet Biological Weapons Program, 1985- 1992 -- 22. Boris Yeltsin to the Present -- 23. United States and International Efforts to Prevent Proliferation of Biological Weapons Expertise from the Former Soviet Union -- Conclusion -- Annex A. Annex B. Annex C. Annex D. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- Annex A: Acronyms and Russian Terms -- Annex B: Glossary of Biological Warfare-Related Words and Terms -- Annex C: A Joint Decree of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, USSR, and the USSR Council of Ministers, Dated 24 June 1981 -- Annex D: Joint US/UK/Russian Statement of Biological Weapons -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825123003321 |
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