Laboratory Aspects of Biological Warfare Agents
Abstract
The three primary methods typical laboratories use for detection/diagnostics of infectious agents is:(1) cultivation of a viable agent,(2) use of the infected host to obtain evidence of infection (typically a serological response or other host response such as encephalitis), and(3) direct detection of the agent using laboratory methods such as amplification of the infectious agents nucleic acids or an immunoassay targeted toward the infectious agents proteins. May this manual provide you a reference to understand and provide good quality laboratory results for the protection of our war fighters from bio-threat agents, and infectious diseases in genera. Supporting the latter, information on the geographic dispersion of these agents is included in this manual to help provide a basis of information on the agents occurance naturally to help put in context any medical intelligence that is being developed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1009272
Entities
People
- Mark J. Wolcott
Organizations
- United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases