Transcription of Infectious Disease Disasters: Bioterrorism, Emerging ...
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Chapter 120. Infectious Disease Disasters: bioterrorism , Emerging Infections, and Pandemics Terri Rebmann, PhD, RN, CIC o The feasibility of these agents, if delivered from a line Associate Professor source ( , an airplane) upwind from the target, to infect Saint Louis University, School of Public Health Institute for large numbers of the population Biosecurity St. Louis, MO o The ability to spread infection, Disease , panic, and fear. Infectious diseases continuously emerge and/or reemerge, resulting in epidemics of varying sizes and scope. ABSTRACT Pandemics pose the biggest potential threat to the public's health in terms of morbidity and mortality, and there is a high Infectious Disease disasters are events that involve a biolog- likelihood of a pandemic occurring in the future.
• Infectious disease disasters consist of biological terrorism, emerging infectious disease outbreaks, and pandemics. • Infectious disease disasters pose unique challenges to infec-tion preventionists and disaster planners. • There are a broad range of potential bioterrorism agents, including bacteria, viruses, and toxins (of microbial ...
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