Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Containing and Preventing Biological Threats - Softcover

Ryan PhD, Jeffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128020296 ISBN 13: 9780128020296

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2016

Synopsis

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Second Edition, takes a holistic approach to biosecurity, with coverage of pathogens, prevention, and response methodology. It addresses these hazards in the context of vulnerability assessments and the planning strategies government and industry can use to prepare for and respond to such events.

The book is organized into four thematic sections: Part I provides a conceptual understanding of biowarfare, bioterrorism and the laws we have to counteract...

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About the Author

Mr. Ryan is a retired US Army officer and currently a Professor at Jacksonville State University’s Department of Emergency Management within the Institute of Emergency Preparedness. The program provide instruction on various aspects of emergency preparedness with a focus on terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, medical aspects of emergency management, public health preparedness, biodefense, and biosecurity. His research interests are biothreat pathogen detection, agro-terrorism and the role...

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Review

"...provides an up-to-date discussion of bioterrorism in all its manifestations and the biosecurity measures required to counter it...Thanks to the author’s practitioner-based insight, readers will find this text to be highly useful." --Security Management

"...of interest for healthcare security managers (how to manage the fear and panic if an unknown pathogen appears to be causing illness let alone death) and security for labs that are researching in this field."...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0128020296
• ISBN 13: 9780128020296
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 392