The role of biotechnology in countering BTW agents / edited by Alexander Kelle, Malcolm R. Dando, and Kathryn Nixdorff.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Kelle, Alexander.

Dando, Malcolm.

Nixdorff, Kathryn.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.

Conference Name:

NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Role of Biotechnology in Countering BTW Agents (1998 : Prague, Czech Republic) (1998 : Prague, Czech Rupublic)

Series:

NATO science series. Disarmament technologies ; Series 1, vol. 34.

NATO science series. Series 1, Disarmament technologies ; vol. 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological warfare--Safety measures.

Biological warfare.

Soldiers--Health and hygiene.

Soldiers.

Soldiers--Protection.

Biological arms control.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers : published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division, [2001]

Summary:

Biotechnology is vital to counter biological and toxin weapons. Without biotechnology, the detection, identification and diagnoses of, and medical countermeasures to such weapons would be virtually impossible. As biological and toxin agents occur in natural outbreaks of disease or intoxications, there are both civil and military benefit to be had from the use of biotechnology in providing effective countermeasures to such agents. The role of biotechnology in countering biological and toxin weapons is here addressed under seven major headings: The wider political and economic contexts; Enabling technologies for BTW agent detection; The applicability of biotechnological methods for BTW agent detection on the battlefield, in a terrorist incident, and in an inspection environment; Pre-exposure medical countermeasures; Diagnosis and identification; Post-exposure treatment and decontamination; Contribution of biotechnology to strengthening international conventions against BTW agents.

Contents:

Introduction: Biotechnology in Countering Biological and Toxin Weapons: An Overview / Alexander Kelle, Malcolm R. Dando, Kathryn Nixdorff, Graham S. Pearson xi

Section I Political and Economic Dimensions of Countering BTW Agents and Strenghtening the BTW Control Regime

Dealing With a Headache: Three Scenarios and Two Dilemmas / Harald Muller 1

Countering Biological Warfare: An Overview / Graham S. Pearson 9

Lessons of the Chemical Weapons Convention for the BTWC Protocol / Alexander Kelle, Jiri Matousek 33

Biotechnology and the Strengthening of the BTWC: The View from West European Industry / Rene van Sloten 47

Strengthening the BTWC through R&D Restructuring: The case of the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology "VECTOR" / Lev S. Sandakhchiev, Sergey V. Netesov 53

Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Introduction of a Market Economy and the Future BTWC Compliance Protocol: Impact on the Russian Biotechnology Industry / John Compton 61

Section II Biotechnology in BTW Agent Detection: Underlying Technologies

The Potential of Different Biotechnology Methods in BTW Agent Detection. Antibody Based Methods / Peter Sveshnikov 69

The Potential of Different Biotechnology Methods in BTW Agent Detection. DNA Methods: Gene Probes / Dario Leslie 79

The Role of Biotechnology in BTW Agent Detection. DNA Methods: Polymerase Chain Reaction / Kathryn Nixdorff, Alexei G. Prilipov 93

Detection of Biological Agents and Biosensor Design / James J. Valdes, James P. Chambers 105

Section III Biotechnology and BTW Agent Detection in Different Environments

Detecting BTW Agents on the Battlefield / Henri Garrigue 121

Detecting Biological Terrorism. Evaluating the Technologies / Gary Eifried 129

Detecting Biological and Toxin Weapon Agents in an Inspection Environment / Graham S. Pearson 141

Section IV The Role of Biotechnology in the Pre-Exposure Treatment of BTW Agents

Possibilities and Limitations of Vaccination / Kathryn Nixdorff 161

The Development of an Oral Vaccine Against Anthrax / Netty D. Zegers, Eerenst Kluter, Hans van der Stap, Ernst van Dura, Philip van Dalen, Mike Shaw 185

Vaccine Production / Jack Melling 197

Section V The Role of Biotechnology in Diagnosis and Identification of BTW Agents

The Role of Biotechnology in Protection against BTW Agents

Overview from a Medical Point of View and Identification of the Symptoms / Gyorgy Berensci, Gabor Faludi 215

Medical Countermeasures to Biological Warfare Agents / David R. Franz 227

Section VI The Role of Biotechnology in Protection Against BTW Agents: Post-Exposure Treatment

Treatment of Mass Casualties under Worst Case Assumptions / Sven-Ake Persson 235

The Post Exposure Prophylactic Measures Against Viral BTW Agents / Sergey V. Netesov 247

Search of Biotechnology-based Decontaminants for C/BW Agents / R. Dierstein, H.-U. Glaeser, A. Richardt 257

Section VII The Impact of Biotechnology on Politico-Military and Normative Efforts to Counter BTW Agents

Biotechnology and Politico-Military Responses to BTW Agents / Malcolm R. Dando 267

Biotechnology and the Development of Norms Against BTW Agents / Alexander Kelle 285.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Role of Biotechnology in Countering BTW Agents, Prague, Czech Republic, 21-23 October 1998"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

079236905X

0792369068

OCLC:

46420016