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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ricin, Botulinum Toxin, Tetrodotoxin, Anthrax Toxin, Incidents Involving Ricin, Saxitoxin, T-2 Mycotoxin, Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B. Excerpt:Figure 1. Electron micrograph of the anthrax causing bacteria, Bacillus anthracis . Anthrax toxin is a three-protein exotoxin secreted by virulent strains of the bacterium , Bacillus anthracis --the causative agent of anthrax . The toxin was first discovered by Harry Smith in 1954. Anthrax toxin is composed of the cell-binding protein, protective antigen (PA), and two enzyme components, called edema factor (EF) and lethal factor (LF). These three protein components act together to impart their physiological effects. Assembled complexes containing the toxin components are endocytosed . In the endosome , the enzymatic components of the toxin translocate into the cytoplasm of a target cell. Once in the cytosol, the enzymatic components of the toxin disrupts various immune cell functions, namely cellular signaling and cell migration. The toxin may even induce cell lysis, as is observed for macrophage cells. Anthrax toxin ultimately allows the bacteria to evade the immune system , proliferate, and ultimately kill the host animal. Research on anthrax toxin also provides insight on macromolecular assembly, protein translocation , pore formation, endocytosis , and other biochemical processes. Bacillus anthracis virulence factors Anthrax is a disease caused by Bacillus anthracis , a spore-forming, Gram positive , rod-shaped bacterium (Fig. 1). The lethality of the disease owes itself to the bacterium's two principle virulence factors: (i) the polyglutamic acid capsule, which is anti-phagocytic , and (ii) the tripartite protein toxin, called anthrax toxin. Anthrax toxin is a mixture of three protein components: (i) protective antigen (PA), (ii) ... ... Read more

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Chapters: Cowpox, Bluetongue Disease, Anthrax, Q Fever, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Foot-And-Mouth Disease, Leptospirosis, Bloat, Mastocytoma, Bovine Papillomavirus, Rinderpest, Dicrocoelium Dendriticum, Bovine Malignant Catarrhal Fever, Johne's Disease, Thelaziasis, Elaeophora Sagitta, Elaeophora Poeli, Protothecosis, Bovine Virus Diarrhea, East Coast Fever, Foot Rot, Milk Fever, Bovine Leukemia Virus, Akabane Virus, Downer, Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis, Bovine Ephemeral Fever, Animal Trypanosomiasis, Verminous Haemorrhagic Dermatitis, Fog Fever, Polioencephalomalacia, Bovine Herpesvirus 1, Grass Tetany, Lumpyskin Disease, Bovine Papular Stomatitis, Bovine Herpesvirus 2, Pseudocowpox, Zamia Staggers, Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, Babesia Divergens, Annual Ryegrass Toxicity, Blackleg, Hardware Disease, Moraxella Bovis. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 207. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis. Most forms of the disease are lethal, and it affects both humans and other animals. There are effective vaccines against anthrax, and some forms of the disease respond well to antibiotic treatment. Like many other members of the genus Bacillus, Bacillus anthracis can form dormant spores that are able to survive in harsh conditions for extremely long periods of timeeven decades or centuries. Such spores can be found on all continents, even Antarctica. When spores are inhaled, ingested, or come into contact with a skin lesion on a host they may reactivate and multiply rapidly. Anthrax commonly infects wild and domesticated herbivorous mammals which ingest or inhale the spores while grazing. Ingestion is thought to be the most common route by which herbivores contract anthrax. Carnivores living in the same envi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=42898 ... Read more

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This is an up-to-date version of a classic military field manual considered to be a vital reference for the treatment of biological weapon agents and bioterrorism attacks. It serves as a guide and a reference for trained members of the Armed Forces Medical Services and other medically qualified personnel on the recognition and treatment of biological warfare (BW) agent casualties.

Information contained in this publication may also be relevant for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with naturally acquired diseases or illnesses due to pathogens with BW potential. It classifies and describes potential BW agents, provides procedures for collecting, handling and labeling, shipping, and identifying potential BW agents, describes procedures for medical diagnosing, treating, and management of BW casualties, and describes medical management and treatment in BW operations.

The treatment modalities contained in this manual differ from standard textbooks in that they apply to BW agent exposures. The method of exposure for most BW agents is by inhalation; whereas, the endemic disease exposure (if applicable) is by other means.Some of the disease agents covered include: anthrax, brucellosis, melioidosis, glanders, plague, Q fever, tularemia, viral agents, smallpox, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, viral hemorrhagic fevers, toxins, clostridium botulinum toxin, clostridium perfringen toxins, ricin, saxitoxin, staphylococcal enterotoxin B, and trichothecene mycotoxins.

For each disease, it provides general information, agent delivery method, environmental detection, prevention, clinical presentation and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, control of patients, contacts, and treatment areas, and medical evacuation.

It also includes information on recognition of a biological warfare agent casualty, medical management data, military (US Army, Air Force, and Navy) medical treatment facilities, definitions, abbreviations and acronyms. This up-to-date manual was revised in 2002. It is a superb source of current information on the diagnosis and treatment of potential biological weapon casualties. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Chemical News, published by Chemical Institute of Canada on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 346 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: An evening of superbugs and anthrax. (Local Section News).(meetings)
Publication: Canadian Chemical News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: Chemical Institute of Canada
Volume: 55Issue: 4Page: 24(1)

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This book explores the news given by the daily media about the events of September Eleventh 2001. It is a free association presentation of the events and the rationale of the events. And tying these rationales into a novelistic body of imaginary realities. These realities try to make sense of the defying events that surrounded september eleventh 2001.

This book was finished before we went to war against Iraq. Therefore, the novel was traveling in the valley, that we just did not see this one coming, and that the events supposedly caught us by surprise.

This novel emerges out of the psychopathic chasm of surrealism, and devilish impery that led to the collapse of the towers.

This book is not part of the hypocritical debate of no war for oil or that this is a big oil Bush and Haliburton Cheyney war.

It is fiction, a blend of truth and the imaginary to fill in the gaps.

Take it for what it is, it's only a novel meant to entertain. So leave me alone, and read the damn book. Thanks. ... Read more

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This book is truely insightful. As a novel it entertained me greatly with the news history, that I did not even realize the seriousness of the subject.

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Chapters: Bovine Diseases, Sheep and Goats Diseases, Cowpox, Bluetongue Disease, Anthrax, Q Fever, Rift Valley Fever, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Foot-And-Mouth Disease, Myiasis, Leptospirosis, Bloat, Mastocytoma, Bovine Papillomavirus, Elaeophora Schneideri, Rinderpest, Dicrocoelium Dendriticum, Bovine Malignant Catarrhal Fever, Johne's Disease, Visna Virus, Thelaziasis, Ovine Rinderpest, Scrapie, Elaeophora Sagitta, Orf, Elaeophora Poeli, Protothecosis, Haemonchus Contortus, Bovine Virus Diarrhea, East Coast Fever, Foot Rot, Milk Fever, Bovine Leukemia Virus, Akabane Virus, Downer, Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis, Variola Caprina, Louping Ill, Jaagsiekte, Bovine Ephemeral Fever, Murrain, Animal Trypanosomiasis, Verminous Haemorrhagic Dermatitis, Fog Fever, Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus, Polioencephalomalacia, Bovine Herpesvirus 1, Grass Tetany, Facial Eczema, Lumpyskin Disease, Bovine Papular Stomatitis, Bovine Herpesvirus 2, Pseudocowpox, Zamia Staggers, Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, Babesia Divergens, Annual Ryegrass Toxicity, Blackleg, Hardware Disease, Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis, Moraxella Bovis. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 267. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis. Most forms of the disease are lethal, and it affects both humans and other animals. There are effective vaccines against anthrax, and some forms of the disease respond well to antibiotic treatment. Like many other members of the genus Bacillus, Bacillus anthracis can form dormant spores that are able to survive in harsh conditions for extremely long periods of timeeven decades or centuries. Such spores can be found on all continents, even Antarctica. When spores are inhaled, ingested, or come into contact with a skin lesion o...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=42898 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Butterfly Bomb, M138 Bomblet, M143 Bomblet, Blu-43 Dragontooth, M139 Bomblet, E14 Munition, Gravel Mines, E61 Anthrax Bomblet, Flettner Rotor Bomblet, E23 Munition, M134 Bomblet, Pfm-1, Hb 876 Mine, M125 Bomblet, E48 Particulate Bomb, M114 Bomb, Blu-97/b Combined Effects Bomb, At2 Mine, E120 Bomblet, Blu-108, Pomd-1 Mine, Blu-3 Pineapple, Satm Mine, Type-90. Excerpt:The AT2 mine is a scatterable anti-tank mine developed by Dynamit Nobel . It can be scattered from artillery rockets or from mine laying systems, and is currently in service with the British , German and Norwegian armies. Description The mine is cylindrical with a hemispherical top and flat bottom. A thin aerial like wire extends from the top of the mine, and is the S3 "scratch wire" contact fuze. Five or more metal legs (depending on the exact model) around the base of mine fold out to stand the mine upright. Additionally the mine is fitted with a small plastic parachute when it is deployed from rockets to reduce the impact when the mine lands. The mine is triggered when the scratch wire fuze drags along the bottom of a vehicle or when it is crushed by pressure. Additionally the mine has a magnetic influence fuze. The mine uses a Misznay Schardin effect warhead to penetrate the belly of armour vehicles; the projectile formed is optimized for after armour effects. The mine auto-destructs after one of six selectable periods, up to a maximum of four days; the self destruct mechanism is reported to be 99 % reliable . Should the self-destruct mechanism fail, the battery powering the fuze would fail after a short period of time. The mine is additionally fitted with an unspecified anti-handling device . Italian destruction After the Ottawa Treaty , Italy concluded that the fuze of the AT2 was sensitive enough to be set o... ... Read more

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Chapters: 1979 Fires, 1979 Natural Disasters, 1979 Sydney Ghost Train Fire, Sverdlovsk Anthrax Leak, Hotel Corona de Aragón Fire, 1979 Easter Flood, 1979 the Who Concert Disaster, Ixtoc I, Chicago Blizzard of 1979. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Sydney Ghost Train fire was a fire that destroyed the ghost train amusement ride at Luna Park Sydney on the night of 9 June 1979. Inadequate fire-fighting measures and low staffing caused the fire to completely destroy the ride, which was first constructed in 1931, and had been transported from Glenelg, South Australia to Milsons Point, New South Wales during 1934 and 1935. Six children and one adult were killed. Although electrical faults and arson by underworld figures have been claimed, the exact cause of the fire could not be determined by a coronial inquiry. The coroner also ruled that, while the actions of Luna Park's management and staff before and during the fire, in particular choosing to not follow advice on the installation of a sprinkler system in the ride, breached duty of care, charges of criminal negligence should not be laid. The case was reopened in 1987: no new findings were made, although the police investigation and coronial inquiry were criticised. The fire forced the closure of Luna Park until 1982, when it reopened under a new name and new owners. A memorial garden was installed by Luna Park in 1995, but its fixtures were 'lost' during the park's 2003 redevelopment. In replacement, a plaque listing those killed was placed on the location of the ride, but as of 2010 a promised mural to surround the plaque has not been painted. A separate memorial park was created by North Sydney Council in 2007, including a sculpture by Michael Leunig. Luna Park's Ghost Train was a ghost tra...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=12794641 ... Read more

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Chapters: Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Prong, Overkill, Trivium, Tourniquet, Believer, Iced Earth, Shadows Fall, Black Tide, Metal Church, Flotsam and Jetsam, Reverend, Deceased, Byzantine, Fantom Warior, Living Sacrifice, Low Twelve, Nuclear Assault, Watchtower, Lesser of Two, Toxik, Aftermath, Forever in Terror, Destroy Destroy Destroy, Exhorder, Order From Chaos, Corrupt Absolute, Carnivore, God Forbid, Sacred Reich, Juggernaut, Anacrusis, Lair of the Minotaur, Zoetrope, Znowhite, Diamond Plate, Superjoint Ritual, Rmisery, Eternal Decision, Ultimatum, Amboog-A-Lard, Municipal Waste, Phantasm, Toxic Holocaust, Lazarus A.d., Mantic Ritual, Demolition Hammer, Leeway, Skeletonwitch, Dead Horse, Beyond Fear, Cyclone Temple, Morbid Saint, Sadus, Atrophy, Wrathchild America, Red Tide, Tirant Sin, Whiplash, Divine Empire, Leviathan, Blunt Force Trauma, Realm, Temple of Blood, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, Rigor Mortis, Dark Empire, Souls at Zero, Demiricous, Wehrmacht, Early Graves, Avenger of Blood, Slipknot, Sacrament, Nasty Savage, Executioner, Landmine Marathon, Slaughter House, Apocalypse Rising. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 377. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983. Founded by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson following Mustaine's departure from Metallica, the band has since released twelve studio albums, six live albums, two EPs, twenty six singles, thirty-two music videos, and three compilations. As a pioneer of the American thrash metal movement, Megadeth rose to international fame in the 1980s and was ranked as one of the "Big Four of Thrash", along with Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, who were responsible for creating, developing and popularizing the thrash metal sub-gen...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20653 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by International Medical News Group on May 1, 2002. The length of the article is 711 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Anthrax in New York City: lessons learned. (Dermatologists Play Key Roles).(Brief Article)
Author: Damian McNamara
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 33Issue: 5Page: 26(2)

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Chapters: West Nile Virus, Plague, Ebola, Anthrax, Zoonosis, Marburg Virus, Epidemic Typhus, Lassa Fever, Chagas Disease, Echinococcosis, Q Fever, Rift Valley Fever, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Toxoplasmosis, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Tularemia, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Microbiology, Toxocariasis, Influenza a Virus, Rabies, Oesophagostomum, Loa Loa Filariasis, Leishmaniasis, Dirofilaria Immitis, Schistosomiasis, Henipavirus, Brucellosis, Zoophilia and Health, Mammomonogamus, Leptospirosis, Gnathostomiasis, Salmonellosis, Coenurosis, Streptococcus Iniae, Babesiosis, Swimmer's Itch, Psittacosis, Capillaria Hepatica, Borna Disease, Colorado Tick Fever, Cat Scratch Disease, Erythema Chronicum Migrans, Baylisascaris, Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, Mosquito-Borne Disease, Tick-Borne Disease, Relapsing Fever, Pasteurella Multocida, Borrelia, Oropouche Fever, Australian Bat Lyssavirus, Cytauxzoonosis, Borrelia Burgdorferi, Rickettsia Prowazekii, Ehrlichiosis, Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans, Med-Vet-Net, Capnocytophaga Canimorsus, Opisthorchis Felineus, Bornavirus, Cutaneous Larva Migrans, Lujo Virus, Rickettsia Rickettsii, Borrelia Recurrentis, Spirometra Erinaceieuropaei, Borrelia Hermsii, Actinobacillosis, Borrelia Afzelii, Paragonimiasis, Cutaneous Streptococcus Iniae Infection, Anisakiasis. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 563. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lyme disease, or lyme borreliosis, is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is the main cause of Lyme disease in the United States, whereas Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii cause most European cases. The disease is named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identif...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=244113 ... Read more

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When the mysterious deaths of a suspected biological terrorist and a two-star general are tied to the bacterium Bacillus anthracis-anthrax-CSI agent John Wood finds his normal caseload set aside for the sake of national security. He is charged with finding out who the culprits are and where the substance is being manufactured. The bureaucratic bumblings of the FBI may be more than the investigation can handle, however, until the terrorists have a chance to strike again. Who will be their next target? ... Read more