Viral Outbreaks, Biosecurity, and Preparing for Mass Casualty Infectious Diseases Events, 1st Edition

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.

Key Features

• 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

Introduction and Principles

1 Historical Perspective

2 Anthrax: Ancient Surge and Current Biothreat

3 Tularemia: A bioterrorist threat and public health concern

4 Plague: the Yersinia pestis infection

5 VHF

6 Small pox

7 Preparing for Influenza epidemics and pandemics

8 Avian Influenza

9 SARS

10 MERS-CoV

11 SARS-CoV-2 ** New Chapter**

12 Designer pathogens and synthetic biology

13 Planning for a Bioterrorism or Pandemic Event: Public Health Perspective

14 Surveillance strategies

15 Prevention

16 Ethical issues in preparing for and responding to infectious outbreaks and bioterror attacks

17 Diagnostics

18 Transmission dynamics, modeling of outbreaks and interventions

19 Prophylaxis and Treatment **New Chapter**

20 Vaccines ** New Chapter**
Appendix

21 Recovery from Biological Disasters

21 Communication strategies and the media

22 Communication strategies and the media ** New Chapter**

23 Pre-hospital care of patients with high impact pathogens

23 Media **New Chapter**

24 Translating Policy into Practice

25 Transmission based precautions and infection Prevention

26 Special Care Units