Death in a small package : a short history of anthrax / Susan D. Jones.
By: Jones, Susan D.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2010Description: xviii, 329 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0801896967 (alk. paper); 9780801896965 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Anthrax -- History | Biological weapons -- History | Anthrax -- history | Biological warfare agents -- historyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616.9/56Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | QR201.A6 J66 2010 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000002947 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-323) and index.
Infectivity and fear: charbon and the cursed fields -- Availability: understanding the germ of anthrax -- Transmission: anthrax enters the factory -- Casualty effectiveness: war and anthrax -- Resistance: anthrax, the modern laboratory, and the environment -- Detection and verification: the weapon and the disease -- Epilogue stories about anthrax.