Scientific and Technical Means of Distinguishing Between Natural and Other Outbreaks of Disease

2001
ISBN: 978-0-7923-6990-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 171 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 1

There is increasing concern over the possible use of biological weapons. If they are used, an attack will manifest as a disease outbreak among humans, animals or plants. It is thus important to be able to distinguish between natural disease outbreaks and the result of such an attack. The bok discusses the scientific and technical means available to investigate this question and then goes on to consider the agents of concern. The book concludes with a look forward to future developments.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dando, Malcolm R.

Kriz, Bohumir

Pearson, G.S.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Forensik, Rechtsmedizin, Gerichtsmedizin
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Importance of Distinguishing Between Natural and Other Outbreaks of Disease.- Outbreaks of Disease.- The Agents of Concern.- Natural Outbreaks of Disease: Communicable Disease Surveillance in the Czech Republic.- Distinguishing Between Natural Disease Outbreaks and Deliberate Attacks on Humans Using Biological Weapons.- Characteristics of Natural Outbreaks of Crop Diseases.- Distinguishing Natural and Unnatural Outbreaks of Animal Diseases.- Detecting Anthrax: What We Learned from the 1979 Sverdlovsk Outbreak.- Scientific Techniques to Distinguish Natural and Other Outbreaks of Disease.- Natural and Other Biological Risks from a Medical Service Perspective.- The WHO Role in Surveillance and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases.- Reporting of Outbreaks of Disease Under BTWC Confidence-Building Measures.- Possible Participation of the State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector” in a National and Global Network for Distinguishing Outbreaks.- Scientific and Technical Means of Distinguishing Between Natural and Other Outbreaks of Disease: An Overview of the AR. Wand a 2000 Postscript 151.