Viral Outbreaks, Biosecurity, and Preparing for Mass Casualty Infectious Diseases Events, 1st Edition
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By Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc and Daniel Maxwell
This item will be released on 05-02-2025
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 compl
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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.
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.
Key Features
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.
Author Information
By Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc, Jay P Sanford Professor of Medicine, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas and Daniel Maxwell, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Critical Care, UT Southwestern / Dallas VA Medical Center
By Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc, Jay P Sanford Professor of Medicine, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas and Daniel Maxwell, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Critical Care, UT Southwestern / Dallas VA Medical Center
Introduction and Principles 1 Historical Perspective 2 Anthrax: Ancient Surge and Current Biothreat 3 Tularemia: A bioterrorist threat and public health concern 4 Plague: the Yersinia pestis infection 5 VHF 6 Small pox 7 Preparing for Influenza epidemics and pandemics 8 Avian Influenza 9 SARS 10 MERS-CoV 11 SARS-CoV-2 ** New Chapter** 12 Designer pathogens and synthetic biology 13 Planning for a Bioterrorism or Pandemic Event: Public Health Perspective 14 Surveillance strategies 15 Prevention 16 Ethical issues in preparing for and responding to infectious outbreaks and bioterror attacks 17 Diagnostics 18 Transmission dynamics, modeling of outbreaks and interventions 19 Prophylaxis and Treatment **New Chapter** 20 Vaccines ** New Chapter** Appendix 21 Recovery from Biological Disasters 21 Communication strategies and the media 22 Communication strategies and the media ** New Chapter** 23 Pre-hospital care of patients with high impact pathogens 23 Media **New Chapter** 24 Translating Policy into Practice 25 Transmission based precautions and infection Prevention 26 Special Care Units
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