Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism (GIDEON Ebook series)

INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND BIOTERRORISM is one in a series of GIDEON e-books which summarize the status of individual infectious diseases, in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON database (www.gideononline.com) which relies on standard text books, peer-review journals, Health Ministry reports and ProMED, supplemented by an ongoing search of the medical literature.Chapters are arranged alphabetically, by disease name. Each section is divided into four sections:1. Descriptive epidemiology2. Summary of clinical features3. Status of the disease in Bioterrorism4. ReferencesThere are 347 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 41 of these are considered potential agents of Bioterrorism.The availability and quality of literature regarding specific infectious diseases varies somewhat. As such, you may find that many of the sections in this book are limited to a general discussion of the disease itself - with minimal data regarding relevance to bioterror.Since this series focuses on Geographic Medicine, it does not include detailed information on diagnostic testing, pathogenesis, therapy or molecular biology. Read more