"Bioterrorism" ed. by Stephen A. Morse

This book written by international authorities, discussing various aspects of bioterrorism preparedness and response: the pathogenesis, prevention and treatment, and the potential of specific organisms (Rickettsia and Yersinia pestis) or toxins (ricin, botulinum neurotoxins, and staphylococcal enterotoxins) to be used for nefarious purposes; aspects of detecting and responding to a bioterrorism attack.

The book includes Methods for spatio-temporal disease surveillance, international laboratory response strategies, detection of botulinum neurotoxins in food and other matrices, and the use of physical methods (ie Raman spectroscopy) to detect spores.

Contents
Preface
1 Current Methods for Detecting the Presence of Botulinum Neurotoxins in Food and Other Biological Samples
2 Detection of Bacillus Spores by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
3 Staphylococcal Enterotoxins, Stayphylococcal Enterotoxin B and Bioterrorism
4 Diagnostic Bioterrorism Response Strategies
5 Recent Advancement in the Development of Vaccines Against Y. pestis - A Potential Agent of Bioterrorism
6 Botulinum Neurotoxins
7 Ricin Perspective in Bioterrorism
8 Spatio-Temporal Disease Surveillance
9 Rickettsia and Rickettsial Diseases