Case Study – Turkey
Group A Diseases Group B Diseases Group C Diseases Group D Pathogens AIDS Smallpox Acute hemorrhagic fever syndrome Campylobacter jejuni Acute bloody diarrhea Epidemic typhus Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Chlamydia trachomatis(as a…
Case Study – Germany
4. BBK (2007) Handbuch für den Bevölkerungsschutz: Biologische Gefahrenlagen, and Biologische Gefahren II. Entscheidungshilfen zu medizinisch angemessenen Vorgehensweisen in einer B-Gefahrenlage, Bonn 5. BMBF (2011) http://www.bmbf.de/de/16544.php.Accessed 21 Dec 2011 6….
Case Study – France
Fig. 9.1 Objectives of the state doctrine for the prevention and response to CBRNE terrorism In case of a serious crisis such as a pandemic or bioterrorist event, while the…
The Current Bioweapons Threat
(1) Washington, USA Abstract According to unclassified U.S. government sources, states of biological weapons (BW) proliferation concern include China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Syria. Assessing the BW threat…
Public Health in South-Eastern Europe – Exploring Synergies
Iris Hunger, Vladan Radosavljevic, Goran Belojevic and Lisa D. Rotz (eds.)NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and BiologyBiopreparedness and Public Health2013Exploring Synergies10.1007/978-94-007-5273-3_6© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 6. Public Health in South-Eastern Europe –…
Introduction
Disease burden Countermeasure development Estimated 1.7 million people died from tuberculosis in 2009 [15] “Funding for [tuberculosis] control continues to increase and will reach almost US$5 billion in 2011. ……
A New Method of Differentiation Between a Biological Attack and Other Epidemics
Parameter Swine flu Amerithrax Kosovo tularemia Sverdlovsk anthrax BA NE NR AR BA NE NR AR BA NE NR AR BA NE NR AR Perpetrator Source/Reservoir of infection Sophistication 0…
Managing Acute Public Health Events: A World Health Organization Perspective
Iris Hunger, Vladan Radosavljevic, Goran Belojevic and Lisa D. Rotz (eds.)NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and BiologyBiopreparedness and Public Health2013Exploring Synergies10.1007/978-94-007-5273-3_5© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 5. Managing Acute Public Health Events: A…
The Difference in Responding to Natural and Unnatural Outbreaks
5. Martin GJ, Friedlander AM (2010) Anthrax as an agent of bioterrorism. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R (eds) Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s principles and practice of infectious diseases,…
