Handbook on Biological Warfare Preparedness provides detailed information on biological warfare agents and their mode of transmission and spread.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• – Biological warfare agents: History and modern-day relevance
• – Bacterial biological warfare agents
• – Toxins as biological warfare agents
• – Viral agents including threat from emerging viral infections
• – Advance detection technologies for select biothreat agents
• – Microfluidics application for detection of biological warfare agents
• – Collection, storage, and transportation of samples for offsite analysis
• – Medical management of diseases associated with biological warfare
• – Protective equipment for protection against biological warfare agents
• – Environmental sampling and bio-decontamination—Recent progress, challenges, and future direction
• – Biological and toxin warfare convention: Current status and future prospects
• – Next generation agents (synthetic agents): Emerging threats and challenges in detection, protection, and decontamination
• – Genome information of BW agents and their application in biodefence
• – Planning for protection of civilians against bioterrorism