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Viral Outbreaks, Biosecurity, and Preparing for Mass Casualty Infectious Diseases Events
- 1st Edition - May 5, 2025
- Authors: Trish M. Perl, Daniel Maxwell
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 4 8 4 1 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 4 8 4 2 - 7
Written by authorities in infectious disease and disaster preparedness, this one-stop resource covers the relevant theoretical, historical, and pragmatic considerations of viral ou… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWritten by authorities in infectious disease and disaster preparedness, this one-stop resource covers the relevant theoretical, historical, and pragmatic considerations of viral outbreaks and bioterrorism. It provides an expert overview of this complex area for infectious disease physicians, emergency medicine physicians, hospital administrators, and more.
- Explores the historical context of various agents and potential agents that could be used for bioterrorism, including anthrax, tularemia, smallpox, SARS, and more
- Discusses the lessons learned from naturally occurring outbreaks that have enhanced preparedness at individual hospitals locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
- Provides forms, checklists, and algorithms throughout – invaluable resources for health care providers and administrators
- Consolidates today’s available information on this timely topic into a single convenient resource
1. Historical Perspective
The Organisms
2. Anthrax
3. Tularemia
4. Plague
5. VHF
6. Small pox
7. Influenza
8. Avian Influenza
Coronavirus
9. SARS
10. MERS-CoV
Public Health Tracking, Prevention, and Planning
11. Ethical issues with preparedness
12. Surveillance strategies
13. Translating Policy into Practice
14. Planning for a Bioterrorism or Pandemic Event: Public Health Perspective
15. Issues in healthcare settings (including assessing exposures)
16. Transmission dynamics, modeling of outbreaks and interventions
17. Recovery from large infectious diseases outbreak
18. Diagnostics
19. Prevention
20. Designer pathogens and synthetic biology
Appendix
21. Recovery from Biological Disasters
22. Communication strategies and the media
23. Communication strategies and the media
24. Pre-hospital care of patients with high impact pathogens
25. Media
26. Translating Policy into Practice
27. Transmission based precautions and infection Prevention
28. Special Care Units
The Organisms
2. Anthrax
3. Tularemia
4. Plague
5. VHF
6. Small pox
7. Influenza
8. Avian Influenza
Coronavirus
9. SARS
10. MERS-CoV
Public Health Tracking, Prevention, and Planning
11. Ethical issues with preparedness
12. Surveillance strategies
13. Translating Policy into Practice
14. Planning for a Bioterrorism or Pandemic Event: Public Health Perspective
15. Issues in healthcare settings (including assessing exposures)
16. Transmission dynamics, modeling of outbreaks and interventions
17. Recovery from large infectious diseases outbreak
18. Diagnostics
19. Prevention
20. Designer pathogens and synthetic biology
Appendix
21. Recovery from Biological Disasters
22. Communication strategies and the media
23. Communication strategies and the media
24. Pre-hospital care of patients with high impact pathogens
25. Media
26. Translating Policy into Practice
27. Transmission based precautions and infection Prevention
28. Special Care Units
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 5, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323548410
- eBook ISBN: 9780323548427
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Trish M. Perl
Trish M. Perl is Jay P Sanford Professor of Medicine, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Jay P Sanford Professor of Medicine, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USADM
Daniel Maxwell
Dr. Daniel Maxwell practices in Infectious Disease and Critical Care, a field that Dr. Perl introduced him to. His residency training, chief resident year, and fellowships were all completed at UT Southwestern and he has lived in Dallas, Texas since 2013, with the exception of a two-year hiatus for a deployment with the Army National Guard and volunteer medical work in South Sudan. He is interested in medical education, health equity, and the spectrum of infectious diseases from the clinic to the ICU.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Critical Care, UT Southwestern / Dallas VA Medical Center, USA