Anthrax detection : analyses and select studies of sampling methods /
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| Imprint: | New York : Nova Science, [2013] ©2013 |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (101 pages) : illustrations. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Allergies and infectious diseases Allergies and infectious diseases. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11242471 |
| Summary: | A workgroup, led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have taken actions to validate environmental sampling methods for detecting Bacillus anthracis--the bacteria that cause anthrax. This book provides an overview of select studies in sampling methods and analyses with regard to anthrax detection |
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| Item Description: | Included in accompanying DVD: False negative rate and other performance measures of a sponge-wipe surface sampling method for low contaminant concentrations / Sandia National Laboratories; Experimental design for a sponge-wipe study to relate the recovery efficiency and false negative rate to the concentration of a Bacillus anthracis surrogate for six surface materials / U.S. Dept. of Energy; Laboratory studies on surface sampling of Bacillus anthracis contamination : summary, gaps, and recommendations / U.S. Dept. of Energy. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (101 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781624171826 1624171826 1624171818 9781624171819 |