[Home | Books & Ordering | Contact MedMaster] MEDMASTER INC. BIOTERRORISM DEFENSE General information regarding the total range of infective agents in the world may be found in Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple, by M Gladwin and B Trattler, MedMaster. More in depth information regarding anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox and other organism of concern from the standpoint of bioterrorism defense, signs, symptoms, spread, prevention, and treatment may be found at the following sites: American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/bioterro/ Information regarding signs, symptoms, spread and treatment of bioterrorism agents. Florida Medical Association http://www.fmaonline.org/ Includes ongoing investigations as particularly involve the state of Florida. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). http://www.apic.org/ Bioterrorism information for the practicing health care professional. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.bt.cdc.gov/index.asp (overview) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/anthrax_g.htm (anthrax) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/botulism_g.htm (botulism) http://www.cdc.gov/programs/bio.htm (defense strategies) U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services http://www.hhs.gov (current relief efforts) Anthrax http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic864.htm http://merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section13/chapter157/157c.htm http://www.defenselink.mil/other_info/qanda.html (Questions about anthrax vaccine) FBI investigation http://www.fbi.gov Agricultural Bioterrorism http://www.fas.org/bwc/agr/main.htm Books PDR Guide to Biological and Chemical Warfare Response, by John G Bartlett ed Bioterrorism and Public Health: An Internet Resource Guide, Tara O'Toole, Thomas V Inglesby and Michael Mair Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War, by J Miller, S Engelberg and WF Broad America's Achilles' Heel, by RA Falkenrath, RD Newman, and BA Thayer Bioterrorism: Secrets for Survival, by D Long and S Spencer Jones 21st Century Complete Guide to Bioterrorism (U.S. Government CD-ROM) 21st Century Anthrax Digest (U.S. Goverment publication) 21st Century Smallpox Digest (U.S. Goverment publication) Preparedness for epidemics and bioterrorism : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, special hearing Living Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe, by MT Osterholm and J Schwartz 21st Century Bioterrorism and Germ Weapons (U.S. Dept. of Defense) Super Terrorism : Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear, by Y Alexander and MM Hoenig Firepower in the Lab: Automation in the Fight Against Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism, by SP Layne et al Countering Biological Terrorism in the U.S. Biological Terrorism, Responding to the Threat: A Personal Safety Manual, by A Salvucci Jr [Home | Books & Ordering | Contact MedMaster] |