Presents emerging findings from the field of synthetic biology as possible threat Describes a step-by-step approach towards panic management among people in case of a bioterrorist attack Analyzes how to recognize critical points in a food supply chain and proposes corrective activities

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Inhalt
Preface (Vladan Radosavljevic).- Chapter 1: Introduction (Vladan Radosavljevic).- Chapter 2: Synthetic Biology, Dual Use Research, and Possibilities for Control (Eckard Wimmer).- Chapter 3: The Global Threats from Naturally Occurring Infectious Diseases (Alessandro Mancon).- Chapter 4: Refugee crisis as a potential threat to public health (Raynichka Mihaylova-Garnizova).- Chapter 5: A Perspective on the Strategy of Intelligence (Randall Murch).- Chapter 6: Comparison of the Available Methods of Differentiation Between a Biological Attack and Other Epidemics (Goran Belojevic).- Chapter 7: Primordial and Primary Levels of Biothreat & Bioterrorism Prevention (Vladan Radosavljevic).- Chapter 8: Secondary Level of Biothreat & Bioterrorism Prevention (Vladan Radosavljevic).- Chapter 9: Preventative Medicine: research and use of medical countermeasures during an outbreak (Inger Damon).- Chapter 10: Rapid and Low-Cost Tools Derived from Plants to Face Emerging/ Re-Emerging Infectious Diseasesand Bioterrorism Agents (Rosella Franconi).- Chapter 11: Panic disorder during a bioterroristic attack (Milan Latas).- Chapter 12: Safety and Security Regulations against Biological Threats (Anna Bielecka-Oder).- Chapter 13: The Role of Bioforensics in Medical Bio-Reconnaissance (Lothar Zöller).- Chapter 14: The role of informal digital surveillance systems before, during and after infectious disease outbreaks: A critical analysis (Avi Magid).- Chapter 15: Strategic aspects of countering bioterrorism (Katarina Strbac).- Chapter 16: Food and Bioterrorism - The Case of Airline Catering (Ines Banjari).- Chapter 17: Food safety, Standards and Norms against Bioterrorism (Adela Krivohlavek).- Chapter 18: Environment and bio-terrorism (Wattier-Grillot Stephanie).- Chapter 19: Ethical aspects of bioterrorism and biodefence (Elizabeta Ristanovic).- Chapter 20: Concluding remarks (Vladan Radosavljevic).