* Provides the real science beyond that displayed on TV and in the movies * Fist book of its kind * Fills a gap in Homeland Security, force protection, intelligence and proliferation prevention * International relevance
CONTRIBUTORS
FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Chapter 1: Microbial Forensics
Chapter 2: Infectious Diseases: Not Just a Health Matter
Anymore
Chapter 3: The Fundamentals of Human Virology
Chapter 4: Keeping Track of Viruses
Chapter 5: Bacterial Pathogens
Chapter 6: Biology and Detection of Fungal Pathogens of Humans and
Plants
Chapter 7: Forensic Aspects of Biologic Toxins
Chapter 8: Epidemiologic Investigation for Public Health,
Biodefense, and Forensic Microbiology
Chapter 9: Molecular Epidemiology and Forensics of RNA Viruses
Chapter 10: Investigation of Suspicious Disease Outbreaks
Chapter 11: Forensic Handling of Biological Threat Samples in the
Lab
Chapter 12: Forensic Genetic Analysis of Microorganisms: Overview
of Some Important Technical Concepts and Selected Genetic Typing
Methods
Chapter 13: Non-DNA Methods for Biological Signatures
Chapter 14: Microbial Forensics Host Factors
Chapter 15: Bioinformatics Methods for Microbial Detection and
Forensic Diagnostic Design
Chapter 16: Population Genetics of Bacteria in a Forensic
Context
Chapter 17: Quality Management in Microbial Forensics
Laboratories
Chapter 18: Admissibility Standards for Scientific Evidence
Appendix
Quality Assurance Guidelines for Laboratories Performing Microbial
Forensic Work
SUBJECT INDEX
Dr. Budowle has a lengthy CV and career. Some of his efforts over the last 15 years also are in counter terrorism, including identification of victims from mass disasters and in efforts involving microbial forensics and bioterrorism. Dr. Budowle was an advisor to New York State in the effort to identify the victims from the WTC attack. In the area of microbial forensics, Dr. Budowle has been the chair of the Scientific Working Group on Microbial Genetics and Forensics, whose mission was to set QA guidelines, develop criteria for biologic and user databases, set criteria for a National Repository, and develop forensic genomic applications. He also has served on the Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Microbial Forensics sponsored by American Society of Microbiology, an organizer of four Microbial Forensics Meetings held at The Banbury Center in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and on steering committees for NAS sponsored meetings. Dr. Budowle has published approximately 600 articles, made more than 720 presentations (many of which were as an invited speaker at national and international meetings), and testified in well over 250 criminal cases in the areas of molecular biology, population genetics, statistics, quality assurance, and forensic biology. In addition, he has authored or co-authored books on molecular biology techniques, electrophoresis, protein detection, and microbial forensics. Steven Schutzer, MD is a physician-scientist who trained and was on the faculty at Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital, and Rockefeller University, before joining New Jersey Medical School. His research has focused on the interface of the immune system and microbes. Particular areas of research interest are Lyme and Tick diseases, neuroimmunology, and immunology. Dr. Schutzer is board certified in Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and Clinical Laboratory Immunology. Dr. Schutzer’s research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and other organizations.
"The editors have gathered an impressive array of experts and present 18 chapters that give the reader both an overview of microbial forensics and fairly intricate details regarding different aspects of the field. ...contains a good amount of interesting information regarding the application of forensic science to biological crimes and bioterrorist events." --CLINICAL INFECTIONS DISEASES (January 2005)
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