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Viral outbreaks, biosecurity, and preparing for mass casualty infectious diseases events / Trish M. Perl, Daniel Maxwell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perl, Trish M., author.
- Maxwell, Daniel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biosecurity.
- Communicable diseases--Prevention.
- Communicable diseases.
- Bioterrorism.
- Epidemiology.
- Epidemics.
- Disease Outbreaks--prevention & control.
- Mass Casualty Incidents--prevention & control.
- Medical Subjects:
- Epidemiology.
- Epidemics.
- Bioterrorism.
- Biosecurity.
- Disease Outbreaks--prevention & control.
- Mass Casualty Incidents--prevention & control.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (551 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK : Elsevier, 2025.
- Summary:
- 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. 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.
- Contents:
- Perspectives on bioterrorism and pandemics
- A brief history of biological warfare and bioterrorism
- Anthrax: Ancient surge and current biothreat
- Tularemia: A bioterrorist threat and public health concern
- Plague: The yersinia pestis infection
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs): An archetype for risk management and high-consequence pathogens
- Smallpox and mpox
- Preparing for influenza epidemics and pandemics
- Avian influenza
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Middle east respiratory syndrome
- SARS-CoV-2
- The age of synthetic biology: Changing biosecurity risks
- Preparing for viral outbreaks and bioterrorism: The public health perspective
- Prevention in healthcare and public health
- Surveillance strategies
- Infectious diseases transmission dynamics, modeling of outbreaks, and interventions
- Risks and challenges for first responders managing patients infected with or exposed to high- consequence infectious diseases
- Healthcare preparedness for infectious diseases mass casualty events, including bioterrorism, viral outbreaks and pandemics
- Special care units
- Diagnostics
- Protecting the frontline and preventing transmission of high-consequence agents and other pathogens with pandemic potential in healthcare settings
- Vaccination: Immunology and public health considerations
- Vaccines
- Therapeutics overview for agents of bioterrorism and viral outbreaks
- Ethical issues in preparing for and responding to infectious outbreaks and bioterror attacks
- Strategies for successful communications during health emergencies: Insights from journalists turned public relations experts
- Recovery from biological disasters: Bioterrorism, outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases, and pandemics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from table of contents page (Elsevier ClinicalKey, viewed August 5, 2025).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-323-54842-3
- 0-323-54841-5
- OCLC:
- 1525619736
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