"Addresses weaponization of biological agents. Categorizes potential agents as food, waterborne, or agricultural toxins and discusses the respective epidemiology."--Amazon.com viewed Oct. 29, 2020.

Revised edition of: Medical aspects of biological warfare / senior editor, Zygmunt F. Dembek. 2007.

Historical overview: from poisoned darts to pan-hazard preparedness --Epidemiology of biowarfare and bioterrorism -- Food, waterborne, and agricultural diseases -- Consequence management: the local and national response -- Medical management of potential biological casualties: a stepwise approach -- Anthrax -- Brucellosis -- Glanders -- Melioidosis -- Plague -- Tularemia -- Q fever -- Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections as a threat to the US military health system: acinetobacter infections as a case study -- Botulinum toxin -- Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin -- Ricin -- Staphylococcal enterotoxin B and related toxins produced by staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus pyogenes -- Toxins from venoms and poisons -- Marine algal toxins of concern as intentional contaminants -- Alphavirus encephalitides -- Hemorrhagic fever-causing mammarenaviruses -- Henipaviruses -- Filoviruses -- Smallpox and related orthopox viruses -- Emerging infectious diseases and future threats -- Laboratory identification of threats -- Medical countermeasures -- Future prospects of vaccines and antibodies in biodefense -- Aerobiology: history, development, and programs -- Biosafety -- Biological surety -- Ethical issues in the development of drugs and vaccines for biodefense -- Abbreviations and acronyms.