Main description:

In one handy book, this reference gathers all the necessary information on 14 of the most commonly used dangerous groups of pathogens in biosafety level 3 and 4 laboratories. All the chapters are uniformly structured, with a brief overview of the microbiology, pathology, epidemiology and detection methods for each group. In addition, a whole chapter is devoted to the special biosafety requirements, disinfection, decontamination protocols, accident literature and accident procedures, as well as treatment options for all the organisms. This chapter is clearly marked and easy to find when opening the book. Essential literature for the increasing number of BSL3 or BSL4 labs worldwide and for medical facilities intervening in the case of an incident.

Contents:

PART A PATHOGENS Part I Bacteria Bacillus anthracis: Anthrax (Markus Antwerpen, Paola Pilo, Pierre Wattiau, Patrick Butaye, Joachim Frey and Dimitrios Frangoulidis) Brucella species: Brucellosis (Sally J. Cutler, David Albert, Michel S. Zygmunt and Bruno Garin-Bastuji) Burkholderia mallei: Glanders (Lisa D. Sprague and Mandy C. Elschner) Burkholderia pseudomallei: Melioidosis (Lisa D. Sprague and Mandy C. Elschner) Coxiella burnetii: Q fever (Matthias Hanczaruk, Sally Cutler, Rudolf Toman, and Dimitrios Frangoulidis) Francisella tularensis : Tularemia (Anders Johansson, Herbert Tomaso, Plamen Padeshki, Anders Sjostedt, Nigel Silman and Paola Pilo) Yersinia pestis: Plague (A. Laudisoit, W. Ruppitsch, A.Stoeger, and A. Pietzka) Rickettsia species: Rickettsioses (Alice N. Maina, Stephanie Speck, Eva Spitalska, Rudolf Toman, Gerhard Dobler, and Sally J. Cutler) Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Tuberculosis (Stefan Panaiotov, Massimo Amicosante, Marc Govaerts, Patrick Butaye, Elizabeta Bachiyska, Nadia Brankova, Victoria Levterova) PART II - Viruses Influenza virus: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (Chantal J. Snoeck, Nancy A. Gerloff, Radu I. Tanasa, Francesc Xavier Abad Morejon de Giron, Claude P. Muller) Variola: Smallpox (Andreas Nitsche and Hermann Meyer) Arenaviruses : Haemorrhagic fevers (Amy C. Shurtleff, Steven B. Bradfute, Sheli R. Radoshitzky, Peter B. Jahrling, Jens H. Kuhn, and Sina Bavari) Filoviruses: Haemorrhagic fevers (Victoria Wahl-Jensen, Sheli R. Radoshitzky, Sina Bavari, Peter B. Jahrling, Jens H. Kuhn) Bunyavirus: Haemorrhagic fevers - Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus: An enzootic tick borne virus causing severe disease in man (Ali Mirazimi) - Rift Valley Fever virus: A promiscuous vector borne virus (M. Weidmann, F.X. Abad, and J.T. Paweska) - Hantaviruses: The most widely distributed zoonotic viruses on earth (Jonas Kingstrom and Ali Mirazimi) Part B PRACTICAL GUIDELINES Part I Bacteria Bacillus anthracis (Markus Antwerpen, Paola Pilo, Pierre Wattiau, Patrick Butaye, Joachim Frey and Dimitrios Frangoulidis) Brucella species (Sally J. Cutler, David Albert, Michel S. Zygmunt and Bruno Garin-Bastuji) Burkholderia mallei (Lisa D. Sprague and Mandy C. Elschner) Burkholderia pseudomallei (Lisa D. Sprague and Mandy C. Elschner) Coxiella burnetii (Matthias Hanczaruk, Sally Cutler, Rudolf Toman, and Dimitrios Frangoulidis) Francisella tularensis (Anders Johansson, Herbert Tomaso, Plamen Padeshki, Anders Sjostedt, Nigel Silman and Paola Pilo) Yersinia pestis (A. Laudisoit, W. Ruppitsch, A.Stoeger, and A. Pietzka) Rickettsia (Alice N. Maina, Stephanie Speck, Eva Spitalska, Rudolf Toman, Gerhard Dobler, and Sally J. Cutler) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Stefan Panaiotov, Massimo Amicosante, Marc Govaerts, Patrick Butaye, Elizabeta Bachiyska, Nadia Brankova, Victoria Levterova) PART II Viruses Influenza virus (Chantal J. Snoeck, Claude P. Muller) Variola virus (Andreas Nitsche and Hermann Meyer) Arenaviruses (Amy C. Shurtleff, Steven B. Bradfute, Sheli R. Radoshitzky, Peter B. Jahrling, Jens H. Kuhn, and Sina Bavari) Filoviruses (Victoria Wahl-Jensen, Sheli R. Radoshitzky, Sina Bavari, Peter B. Jahrling, Jens H. Kuhn) Bunyaviruses - Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (Ali Mirazimi) Bunyaviruses - Rift Valley Fever virus (M. Weidmann, F.X. Abad, and J.T. Paweska) Bunyaviruses - Hantaviruses (Jonas Kingstrom and Ali Mirazimi)