Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (82 pages)
Disciplina	616.9
Soggetto topico	Communicable diseases - Research Big data - Security measures
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-309-45012-8 0-309-45014-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480089703321

Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (415 p.)
Disciplina	363.325/3
Altri autori (Persone)	SwearengenJames R
Soggetto topico	Bioterrorism - Prevention - Research Infection - Animal models Communicable diseases - Research Biological weapons Alternative toxicity testing Toxins - Research
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-429-15227-2 1-280-12193-9 9786613525796 1-4398-3633-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	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 ... [et al.] -- 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.
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Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Liss, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (807 p.)
Disciplina	362.196/9003 362.1969003 616.903
Altri autori (Persone)	TibayrencMichel
Soggetto topico	Communicable diseases Communicable diseases - Research
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-93510-3 9786610935109 0-470-11420-7 0-470-11419-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES; Contents; Contributors; Biographical; Introduction: Infectious Diseases, the Major Challenge of Twenty-First Century Medicine; 1. Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: Modern Molecular Epidemiology and Perspectives; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. General Points on Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB) and Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB); 1.2.1. Classification and Cellular Characteristics; 1.2.2. Transmission and Multiplication of MTB; 1.2.3. Clinical and Subclinical TB; 1.2.4. Diagnosis of MTB Species; 1.2.5. Treatment, Drug Resistance, and Control 1.3. Genetics of MTB, Molecular Tools, and Population Structure1.3.1. Genome and Genetic Diversity of MTB; 1.3.2. Genetic Tools for Molecular Epidemiology; 1.3.3. How Should the Most Appropriate Molecular Marker be Chosen?; 1.3.4. Population Structure of MTB and Epidemiological Consequences; 1.4. Use of Molecular Epidemiology for Understanding Tuberculosis Transmission and Pathogenesis; 1.4.1. MTB Families and Worldwide Distribution; 1.4.2. MTB in Developing Versus Developed Countries; 1.4.3. Clinical and Epidemiological Relevance of Molecular Epidemiology at the Local Level 1.4.4. Use of Genotyping to Study the Impact of HIV/AIDS and Drug Resistance on Pathogenesis and Transmission1.5. Urgent Needs for TB Control, Limitations, and New Issues for Molecular Epidemiology; 1.5.1. Urgent Needs for TB Control and Molecular Epidemiology; 1.5.2. Limitations of Modern Molecular Tools; 1.5.3. Promising New Technologies; 1.6. Conclusion and Perspectives; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Glossary; References; 2. Diseases that Threaten Livestock; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Animal Diseases Under Control; 2.2.1. General Considerations; 2.2.2 Description of the Diseases 2.3. Diseases that Are an Economic Burden and Hamper International Trade in Animals and Animal Products2.3.1. General Considerations; 2.3.2. Description of the Diseases; 2.4. Animal Diseases that may Threaten Human Health; 2.4.1. Description of the Diseases; 2.5. Surveillance and Control of Transmissible Animal Diseases: Progress Expected from Modern Technologies; 2.6. Conclusion; References; 3. HIV/AIDS Infection in the World with a Special Focus on Africa; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Current State of the Epidemic; 3.2.1. Prevalences and Incidences in the World; 3.2.2. Mode of Transmission 3.2.3. Impact of HIV Infection on Other Endemic Diseases3.2.4. Demographic, Social, and Economic Consequences; 3.3. Molecular Epidemiology; 3.3.1. Classification of HIV; 3.3.2. Distribution of HIV-1 in Africa; 3.3.3. Implications of Recombination; 3.4. Implication of HIV Variability on Pathogenesis, Treatment, Diagnosis, and Vaccine Development in Africa; 3.4.1. Impact of HIV Variability on Diagnosis; 3.4.2. Impact of HIV Variability and Antiretroviral Therapy; 3.4.3. Impact of HIV Variability on Transmissibility and Pathogenesis; 3.4.4. Impact of HIV Variability on Vaccine Development 3.5. Access to Treatment
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