Title Accelerating the research, development, and acquisition of medical countermeasures against biological warfare agents : interim report / Committee on Accelerating the Research, Development, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents, Medical Follow-up Agency and Board on Life Sciences, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2003]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Accelerating the Research, Development, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents -- Copyright -- Reviewers -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY COMMITTEE AND STUDY CHARGE -- STUDY PROCESS -- STATUS OF THE COMMITTEE'S INVESTIGATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Appendix Agendas for Information-Gathering Meetings Summary Having the means to protect its military personnel against biological warfare agents is a long-standing objective for the United States. The development of safe and effective medical countermeasures -- vaccines, antitoxins, and prophylactic and therapeutic drugs -- against those agents is one of the essential components of the nation's biological defense efforts. Currently, the United States has a limited repertoire of licensed medical countermeasures that the Department of Defense (DoD) can use to protect members of the armed forces against more than a dozen bacteria, viruses, and toxins identified as possible biological warfare agents. As part of its Chemical and Biological Defense Program, DoD is engaged in research and development efforts aimed at making available a broader range of medical countermeasures Notes Title from title screen Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Version viewed January 9, 2015 SUBJECT United States Department of Defense Subject Biological weapons -- Health aspects Biological Warfare Agents Biological Warfare -- prevention & control Military Medicine -- methods Civil Defense -- methods MEDICAL -- Toxicology. Toxicology SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Form Electronic book Author Committee on Accelerating the Research, Development, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures against Biological Warfare Agents, issuing body. ISBN 0309582598 9780309582599 1280247843 9781280247842

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