Genomics in biosecurity : principles and applications of genomic technologies in expanded biosecurity concepts /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kambouris, Manousos E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Academic Press, [2022]
Series:Translational and applied genomics.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The Spontaneous Risk: Microbes and Bugs
  • 1. Exploring the concepts: Biosecurity, biodefense and biovigilance
  • 2. The concept of humanome and the microbiomic dimension
  • 3. Global catastrophic biological risks: Nature and response
  • 4. Surveillance policies, levels, patterns, and techniques
  • 5. The emerging pathogens: Nature, status, and threat
  • 6. Non-microbial biothreats: DNA, prions, and (bio)regulators/(bio)toxins
  • 7. Public health microbiomics
  • Part II. The Perpetrated Biothreat: Bioterrorism, Biocrime, and Biowarfare
  • 8. Bio-offense: Black biology
  • 9. Bio-offense: Technical means, tactical approaches, operational orientations, and strategic concepts
  • Part III. Biodefense Response and Intervention
  • 10. Biodefense response: Cognition and diagnosis
  • 11. Bio-defence build 2.0: The muscle
  • 12. The genomic dimension in biodefense: Therapeutics
  • 13. The genomic dimension in biodefense: Decontamination
  • 14. Regulation and legislation
  • 15. Epilogue: Resilience and preparedness, the case study of the United States.