Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness
Item Details
Title
Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness
Topics
Introduces the basics of biological warfare agent history, biology, and preparedness. Places particular focus on detection technologies.
Date
2019
Conclusions
Presents the agents that have historically been used in biological warfare, their viability for that use, and how they have been pursued. Details the technologies of the modern day that can be used to detect BW agents as well as to modify them or create new ones. Discusses medical and physical countermeasures. Additionally, identifies particular topics for consideration of capacity-building, such as civil vigilance and international conventions.
Source
Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness. Flora, S.J.S. editor. Academic Press. 2019. ISBN: 978-0-12-812026-2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128120262/handbook-on-biological-warfare-preparedness. Accessed March, 2024.
Citation
“Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed October 16, 2024, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/574.