Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense

The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense provides complete coverage of bioterrorism and defense against it, spanning scientific, technological, clinical, legal, historical, and political aspects. The topics cover the most recent developments and thinking on biodefense, biosecurity, terrorism, science, and policy. In addition, the Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense provides an up-to-date overview of U.S. federal biodefense efforts, including explanations of all of the relevant agencies and missions, research agendas, legislation, and regulations. This edition revises and updates the original Encyclopedia, making it the single authoritative resource for students, scientists, policymakers, and journalists.

Key features:

* Comprehensively covers the field of bioterrorism, including related science, technology, medicine, politics, law, and history
* Topics include entries on bioterrorism agents, detection, clinical presentation of disease, defense efforts, risk assessments, treaties, past incidents of bioterrorism, and pertinent people and organizations engaged in terrorist activities
* User friendly, with biological agents covered consistently across entries
* Includes important case studies, with discussion of lessons learned


Contents
Contents by Category
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments

A
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Aerosol (Aerobiology, Aerosols, Bioaerosols,
Microbial Aerosols)
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (al-Aqsa Martyr's
Battalion)
Aliens of America: A Case Study
Alphaviruses, Including Venezuelan Equine
Encephalitis Virus
Al-Qa'ida
‘‘Amerithrax'': The Investigation of Bioterrorism
Using Bacillus anthracis Spores in Mailed Letters
Ansar al-Islam
Anthrax
Anthrax Hoaxes: A Case Study
Anti-Materials Agents
Armed Islamic Group: A Case Study
Asbat al-Ansar
Assassinations
Attribution of Biological Weapons Use
Aum Shinrikyo and the Aleph
Australia Group
B
Baader-Meinhof Group (or Baader-Meinhof Gang)
Biological Simulants
Biological Weapons Convention
Bioregulators
BioSense and Public Health Surveillance
Biotechnology and Bioterrorism
Bioterrorist Attack: Stages and Aftermath
Bioterrorism Preparedness: The United Kingdom
Approach
Bioterrorism Targeted at Agriculture
Botulinum toxin (Clostridium botulinum)
BioWatch Program
Breeders: A Case Study
Brucellosis and Bioterrorism
C
Centers of Excellence
CDC Category A-C Agents
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
Bioterrorism Preparedness Program
Central Intelligence Agency
Christian Identity
Consequence Management
Cost Effectiveness of Biological Weapons
Crisis Management
Cuba, Terrorism, and Biotechnology
D
Defense Research and Development
Canada-Suffield and Centre for
Security Science
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Delivery Methodologies
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Department of Defense
Department of Defense Policies on Force Health
Protection: Medical Defense Against Biological
Warfare Agents
Department of Health and Human Services:
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State
Diane Thompson: A Case Study
Director of National Intelligence
Dual-Use Equipment and Technology
Dugway Proving Ground
E
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen
Proving Ground
Education for Biodefense
Environmental Protection Agency: Bioterrorism
Defense Efforts
Epidemiology in Bioterrorism
Ethnic Weapons
Exercises
F
Fatality Management
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Food and Drug Administration
Food- and Water-borne Pathogens
Food Safety
Fort Detrick and the U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute of Infectious Disease
G
Geneva Protocol
H
Hamas
Hizballah
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Human Poxviruses
I
Identifying State-Run BW programs
Influenza
Intelligence Collection and Analysis
International Cooperation and Bioterrorism
Preparedness
International Health Regulations
International Organizations
INTERPOL
Islam and Bioterrorism
Israel
J
Jemah Islamiyah
L
Laboratory Biosecurity
Laboratory Response to Bioterrorism
Larry Wayne Harris
M
Managing Laboratory Biorisk
Marine Toxins
Media and Bioterrorism
Melamine Contamination
Metropolitan Medical Response System
Minnesota Patriots Council
Minutemen: A Case Study
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
N
Nanobiotechnology
National Biodefense Analysis and
Countermeasures Center
National Center for Medical Intelligence
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases
National Laboratories of the National Nuclear
Security Agency: Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Sandia National Laboratories
National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity
(NSABB)
National Strategy for Biological Threats
Nations of Concern: Iran
Nations of Concern: Libya
Nations of Concern: The Republic of Kurdistan
Nations of Concern: The Republic of Sudan
Nations of Concern: Syria
NATO and Bioterrorism Defense
North American Militia
P
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Palestine Liberation Organization
Pathogens Causing Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Pharmaceutical Industry
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Plague (Yersinia pestis)
Polisario
Preparedness and Emergency Response Research
Center (PERRC) Network
Prion Diseases
Psychological and Social Sequelae of Bioterrorism
Public Health Emergency Medical
Countermeasures Enterprise and Project
BioShield
Public Health Preparedness in the United States
R
Rajneeshees
Republic of Texas: A Case Study
Ricin and Abrin
RISE: A Case Study
Risk Assessment in Bioterrorism
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia ricketsii)
S
Select Agent Rules
Staphylococcal Enterotoxins
Suicide Terrorism
Syndromic Surveillance
Synthetic Biology
T
Terrorist Group Identification
The Caucasus Emirate
Threat Reduction in the Former
Soviet Union
Toxins: Overview and General Principles
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Typhus, Epidemic (Rickettsia prowazekii)
U
Unit 731
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540
(2004)
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of State's Biosecurity
Engagement Program: Bio Threat Reduction
Through International Partnerships
United States Legislation and Presidential
Directives
W
Water Supply, Vulnerability, and Attack Specifics
Weather Underground: A Case Study