MiniMed School Resources
Bioterrorism: selected resources
A listing of resources available in the Health Sciences Library, other UB Libraries, and on the Internet. Items in each category are arranged alphabetically by title. Some resources appear both here and in the Biodefense MiniMed School guide.
Audiovisuals | Books | E-Books | Internet Resources
Audiovisuals
Programs are located in the Media Resources Center on the lower level of HSL.
Anthrax <videorecording>
: what every clinician should know / presented by Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Public Health Training Network ; sponsored b>
American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association ...
Atlanta, Ga. : CDC, 2001.
HSL MRC Videocassette VHS WC305 A628 2001 and WC305 A6281 2001 (part
2)
Biological threats in
healthcare <videorecording> : everyone's on alert / Coastal
Health+Train ; produced by Coastal Training Technologies. Virginia Beach,
VA : Coastal Training Technologies, c2002.
HSL MRC Videocassette VHS QW 300 B616 2002
Today the increased possibility of the use of biological
or chemical agents in terrorist attacks has put all healthcare providers
on the frontline of defense. This important program teaches all healthcare
workers to be on alert, ready to identify and respond to these threats.
Biological threats in
healthcare <videorecording> : identify and respond / Coastal
Health+Train ; produced by Coastal Training Technologies. Virginia
Beach, VA : Coastal Training Technologies, c2002.
HSL MRC Videocassette VHS QW 300 B6165 2002
Employees will learn about the six major biological agents
(anthrax, botulism, plague, small pox, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic
fever) and how to cope effectively with exposure emergencies.
CDC responds <videorecording>
: bioterrorism & the healthcare epidemiology/infection control team
/ produced by Public Health Training Network, Division of Professional
Development and Evaluation; Public Health Practice Program. Atlanta,
GA: CDC, 2001.
HSL MRC Videocassette VHS QW300 C387 2001
Provides healthcare epidemiologists, infection control
professionals, public health officials, and other healthcare personnel
with an update on bioterrorism-related anthrax and recommnedations for
infection control and prevention.
CDC responds <videorecording>
: coping with bioterrorism--the role of the laboratorian / presented
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Training
Network. Atlanta, GA : Centers for Disease Control, 2001.
HSL MRC Videocassette VHS WC 305 C386 2001
This tape describes the laboratory tests used to diagnose
the current cases of anthrax infections in the U.S. including the structure
of the Laboratory Response Network, and the rationale for Level A, B,
C, & D laboratories. Also defines the testing performed at Level
A-D laboratories and methods for appropriate specimen referral
CDC responds <videorecording>
: smallpox: what every clinician should know / presented by Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Training Network.
Atlanta, Ga.: CDC, 2001.
HSL MRC Videocassette VHS WC585 C386 2001
Presents information on virology, epidemiology, clinical
features and diagnosis of smallpox, and the characteristics and use
of smallpox vaccine.
Getting ready for terrorism
<videorecording> : preparing the healthcare community for biological,
chemical and radiological weapons / presented by Medcom. Cypress,
CA : Medcom, c2002.
HSL MRC Videocassette VHS QW 300 G394 2002
Hospital preparedness
for bioterrorism <videorecording> / Kevin W. Chason, Sandra
Sallustio. Secaucus, N.J. : Network for Continuing Medical Education,
c2002.
HSL MRC Videocassette VHS WX185 C487 2002
Is the American medical community ready for a mass-casualty
event on its home turf? In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and following the subsequent uncontrolled
spread of anthrax through the U.S. postal system, many consider this
to be a timely question. Public health and disaster management experts
have been preparing for the possibility of terrorism and bioterrorism
for years, however, and procedures and systems are in place that enable
hospitals and clinicians to cope with potential disaster. In this video
program, two New York-based emergency physicians with expertise in prehospital
care, diaster management, and infectous diseases share their perspectives
on the current status of preparedness in American health care facilities.
They also describe how you and your hospital can sharpen response skills
to ensure high-quality care without compromising safety, and they provide
the latest clinical information about dealing with biological and chemical
agents.
Books
Bioterrorism may be found under QV, QW, WA, or WC depending on the focus. Titles held by other UB Libraries (classed under different call numbers as noted) can be obtained through HSL by affiliated individuals through the UB Libraries Document Express system, or in person on the North Campus.
Bioenvironmental and public
health statistics / edited by P.K. Sen, C.R. Rao. Amsterdam ; New
York : Elsevier, 2000.
HSL WA 950 B615 2000
Biohazard : the chilling
true story of the largest covert biological weapons program in the world,
told from the inside by the man who ran it / Ken Alibek with Stephen
Handelman. New York : Random House, c1999.
UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY UG447.8 .A45 1999
Bioterrorism and public
health : an Internet resource guide / consulting editors, John G.
Bartlett. Princeton, NJ : eMedguides.com ; Montvale, NJ : Thomson--
Physicians' Desk Reference, c2002.
HSL WA 39 B616 2002
Bioterrorism : guidelines
for medical and public health management / Donald A. Henderson,
Thomas V. Inglesby, Tara O'Toole. Chicago, Ill. : American Medical Association,
c2002.
HSL QW 300 H496b 2002
Bioterrorism resource
manual. Bethesda, Md. : American Society of Health-System Pharmacists,
c2002.
HSL QV 663 A512 2002
Communicable disease control
handbook / Jeremy Hawker. Oxford : Malden, MA : Blackwell Science,
2001.
HSL WA 39 C7333 2001
Community-based prevention
: programs that work / Ross C. Brownson, Elizabeth A. Baker, Lloyd
F. Novick. Gaithersburg, Md. : Aspen Publishers, 1999.
HSL WA 108 B885c 1999
Demon in the freezer :
a true story / Richard Preston. New York : Random House, 2002.
UNDERGRADUATE Library RA644.S6 P74 2002
Germs : biological weapons
and America's secret war / Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, William
Broad. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2001.
LOCKWOOD AND UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY UG447.8 .M54 2001
How much risk? : a guide
to understanding environmental health hazards / Inge F. Goldstein,
Martin Goldstein. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
HSL WA 671 G624h 2002
Influenza 1918 : the worst
epidemic in American history / Lynette Iezzoni ; foreword by David
McCullough. New York : TV Books, c1999.
HSL WA 11.AA1 I22i 1999
Mapping epidemics : a
historical atlas of disease / Brent H. Hoff and Carter Smith III
; Charles H. Calisher, consulting editor. New York : Franklin Watts,
<2000?>
HSL WA 17 H698m 2000 History of Medicine Reference
Nation's health /
edited by Philip R. Lee and Carroll L. Estes. 7th ed. Sudbury, Mass.
: Jones and Bartlett Pub., c2003.
HSL WA 100 N284 2003
Preparing for biological
terrorism : an emergency services planning guide / George Buck.
Albany, NY : Delmar Publishing, 2002.
HSL WC 305 B922 2002
Protecting the nation's
health in an era of globalization : CDC's global infectious disease
strategy / <prepared by Scott F. Dowell and Alexandra M. Levitt>.
Atlanta, GA : Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease
Control, 2002.
HSL WA 110 P967 2002
Terrorism and public health
: a balanced approach to strengthening systems and protecting people
/ edited by Barry S. Levy, Victor W. Sidel. Oxford ; New York : Oxford
University Press, 2003.
HSL WA 295 T3277 2003
When every moment counts
: what you need to know about bioterrorism from the Senate's only doctor
/ Bill Frist. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2002.
UNDERGRADUATE Library Leisure Reading Collection
Electronic Books
Some titles may only be accessible by UB affiliated persons. Access also by locating the title in BISON, the UB Libraries Catalog. Nonaffiliated users may access from on-site computer terminals.
Agricultural bioterrorism: a federal strategy to meet the threat <electronic resource> / Henry S. Parker. Washington, D.C. : Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, 2002. [pdf format]
Assessment
of the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program
<electronic resource>
...Committee to Review the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy
Research Program, Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine of
the National Academies. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press,
c2002.
Biological
threats and terrorism: assessing the science and response capabilities
: workshop summary <electronic resource> / Stacey L. Knobler,
Adel A.F. Mahmoud, and Leslie A. Pray, editors. Washington, D.C. : National
Academy Press, c2002.
Firepower in the lab: automation in the fight against infectious diseases and bioterrorism <electronic resource> / Scott P. Layne, Tony J. Beugelsdijk, and C. Kumar N. Patel, editors. Washington D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2001.
USAMRIID's
medical management of biological casualties : handbook <electronic
resource> (also known as the "blue book") / United States
Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)Frederick,
Md. : U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort
Detrick, 2001.
Internet Resources
Sites are chosen for their relevance and credentials.
Bioterror
Online
...a PBS companion site to "Bioterror," a film that follows
three New York Times reporters as they delve into the murky past of
bioweapons research and grapple with the current threat of anthrax and
other attacks. The web site offers a fascinating history of biowarfare,
which dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries when rotting bodies
of animals and men were hurled inside enemy gates.
Breaking
Ground for the BSL4 Lab
...a news story about the groundbreaking for the University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston's National Biosafety Laboratory, one of
only two and the first full-sized maximum biological containment facility/
Biosafety Level Four (BSL4) laboratory on a university campus in the
United States.
Center
for Civilian Biodefense Strategies
...based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
an independent, non-profit organization which works to prevent the development
and use of biological weapons, to catalyze advances in science and governance
that diminish the power of biological weapons as agents of mass lethality,
and to lessen the human suffering that would result if prevention fails.
Center
for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP)
...from the University of Minnesota, CIDRAP's mission is "to reduce
illness and death from infectious diseases by conducting original...research
and by facilitating public policy refinement and the adoption of science-based
best practices among professionals and the public." The entry page
offers latest news in all categoryies, as well as three major sections
with more in depth coverage: Bioterrorism, Biosecurity, and Food Safety.
Each section includes an overview, latest news, a resource list, selected
readings, and related links and more.
Center
for the Study of Bioterrorism (CSB) and the Center
for the Study of Emerging Infections (CSEI)
...from the Saint Louis University School of Public Health, CSB offers
links to articles, fact sheets, powerpoint presentations on bioterrorism
agents for clinicians, research, news, education & training, and
other links to government, professional organization, veterinary and
academic resources, as well as links to all state health departments.
Two individual sites that appear to be in the process of merging.
Centers
for Disease Control
...the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of
the people of the United States. Their "spotlights" section
includes the latest information on emerging diseases. In particular,
see Continuation
Guidance for Cooperative Agreement on Public Health Preparedness and
Response for Bioterrorism – Budget Year Four.
Deadly Strains: SARS, West Nile virus and bioterrorism are the big scares. But the greater threat is the gradual erosion of public health services. Conte, Christopher. Governing, June 2003 (available on the Internet at Governing.com - the Resource of States and Localities In Print. Online. In Person).
Erie
County Public Health Lab
...serves as the primary provider of laboratory testing for the Erie
County Health Department’s and other local health department’s
public health and environmental activities. The site also offers local
current news and events, and links to major public health organizations
such as the CDC , APHA, EPA, and the NYS Dept. of Health.
History
of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism
... from the Arizona Department of Health Services, a brief history
from the 6th century B.C. when Assyrians poisoned enemy wells with rye
ergot, through 1998 when Larry Wayne Harris was arrested again for possession
of anthrax cultures.
New
York State Department of Health
...the basic homepage with generalized information for
citizens of NYS. Includes a continuous scrolling news alert, as well
as basic information about the state situation concerning current public
health threats such as SARS and West Nile Virus. Links in the Public
Health Forum section include notices of meetings and conferences, links
to the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR)
titles 10 (Health) and 18 (Social Welfare) with full text search capability.
Office
of the Public Health Service Historian
...a Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes
of Health, National Library of Medicine agency, includes links to brief
histories of biowarfare and anthrax prepared by Alexandra Lord, Staff
Historian.
A
Short History of Biological Warfare and Weapons
...written by University of California, Davis lecturer Mark Wheelis.
Of note: Wheelis does not consider the poisoning of wells to be true
biowarfare, but rather feels the intention was simply to prevent opponents
from using the water.
Terrorism:
a Select Guide to Information -- Biological and Chemical Terrorism
...from the Business and Government Documents Reference Center, Lockwood
Memorial Library, UB, offers links to six government sites.
UB Scientists Patent Novel
Inhibitor of Poxvirus Replication - Work Could Result in Treatment for
Smallpox: Treatments would be effective against related poxviruses,
such as monkeypox
...article by Lois Baker, detailing the research of two UB molecular
biologists, Dr. Edward Niles and Dr. Mohamed Ragaa Mohamed, who have
found a way to exploit the peculiar replication mechanism of poxfviruses
which use cytoplasm instead of the nucleus of the infected cell.
Originally developed to support Mini-Medical School Summer Program 20A, lecture given by Dr. John Hay, 8 July 2003, and by Dr. John Sellick, 22 July 2003.
Compiled by Pamela M.
Rose, M.L.S.
July 2003
Updated October 2003
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