Table of Contents

Risk Assessment.- to Bioterrorism Risk Assessment.- Some Public Health Perspectives on Quantitative Risk Assessments for Bioterrorism.- Situational Awareness in a Bioterror Attack via Probability Modeling.- The Bioterrorism Threat.- Change of Mind-Set Following 9/11: The few that are already willing to Resort to Weapons of Mass Destruction.- Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Providing Subacute Care in the Context of a Bioterrorism Event: Lessons learned from 2001.- Detecting and Responding to Bioterrorism.- Species-Neutral Disease Surveillance: A Foundation of Risk Assessment and Communication.- Risk Communication.- to Bioterrorism Risk Communication.- Risk Communication to Health-Care Workers as a Risk Reduction Measure in Bioterrorism.- Anthrax-Euronet and Beyond – Challenges of Scientific Research on High Risk Agents.- Risk Communication and Public Behavior in Emergencies.- Prevention Strategies and Promoting Psychological Resilience to Bioterrorism Through Communication.- Risk Communication and the Community Response to a Bioterrorist Attack: the Role of an Internet-Based early warning system A.K.A “The Informal Sector”.- Information Systems for Risk Communication Related to Bioterrorism.- Focus on Smallpox.- Risk Assessment in Smallpox Bioterrorist Aggression.- Renewal of Immunological Memory to Smallpox: Use of New Tools Yields Old Results.- Preparing for a Smallpox Bioterrorist Attack: Pulse Vaccination as an Optimal Strategy.- A Priori Versus a Posteriori Risk Assessment for Bioterror Attack.- Impact of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Stability in the Middle East.- The Role of Risk Assessment in Preparing the Health-Care System for Bioterrorism and Natural Epidemics.- Susceptibility of B. Anthracis to Various Antibacterial Agents andtheir Time-Kill Activity.- Natural Or Intentional Food Contamination? How can we know?.- Bioterrorism Emergency Response: Current Concepts and Controversies.- Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism Involving the Food Supply.- Risk Communication and Psychological Impact: Technological and Operational Methods of Mitigation.