Cover -- Title page -- Editorial: Building Integrated Preparedness against Bio-Terrorism -- Key Speakers -- Other Participants and Observers -- Contents -- Part 1. Contemporary Epidemiology With Laboratory Support as a Biological Attack Identification Tool -- Epidemiology of Bioterrorism -- Health Preparedness for the Deliberate Use of Biological Agents to Cause Harm: WHO's Activities -- Epidemic Outbreak Systems (EOS) - Microarray Incorporation for Pathogen Identification -- Preventing Emerging Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Support -- The Laboratory Response Network -- Imported Viral Diseases, Surveillance and Control in Europe - European Network for the Diagnostics of "Imported" Viral Diseases (ENIVD) -- Surveillance of Acute Respiratory Infections in the Czech Republic and in Europe - Example of an Early Warning System -- Part 2. National Approaches to Biodefence in Central and Eastern Europe Countries -- Organization of Military Medical Response to Bioterroristic Attacks -- Georgian Approach to Biodefense -- National Approach of Germany to Bioterrorism and Bio-Warfare -- National Approach of Hungary to Bioterrorism and Biowarfare -- Emerging Infectious Diseases and Their Surveillance in Lithuania -- Biological Recognition Teams in the Polish Army -- National Approach of Ukraine to Bioterrorism and Biowarfare -- Part 3. Risk Assessment, Crisis Management and NBC Training -- Effective Risk Management in the Human Factors Assessment of Chemical/Biological Threats -- Crisis Management: Expediting Information and Resource Flow via the Global Incident Analysis and Alerting System (GIAAS) for CBRN -- Civilian Relief after Release of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Need for a New Task Force 'Scorpio' -- Consequence Management of a Bioterrorist Incident (CMBI) -- GM Modified Food/Feed as Biowarfare.

Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria - A Potential Threat -- Effective Training for First Responders -- Part 4. Applied Research -- Brucellosis-A Biowarfare Threat and Public Health Concern -- Medical Countermeasures Research at Dstl Porton Down, UK -- Current Problems Regarding Detection and Identification of Biological Threats -- Rediscovering Remote Sensing: Improving Infectious Disease Surveillance -- The Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS) -- Biosensors - The Tool for Fast Detection -- A Flexible Approach to Biomanufacturing -- Development of Rapid Fingerprinting and Detection Assays for Biological Agents of Mass Destruction -- Decontamination of Drinking Water and Liquid Media by Cold Plasma in the Special Periods -- Antibacterial Adsorption-Filtering Materials for Individual Protection Means of Organism - Antibacterial Action of Metal-Containing Carbon Adsorbents -- Antibacterial Adsorption-Filtering Materials for Individual Protection Means of Organism - Fine Filtering Materials on the Base of Polypropylene Microfibres and Their Antibacterial Property -- Antibacterial Adsorption-Filtering Materials for Individual Protection Means of Organism - Composite Materials Based on Polyurethanes and Active Carbon -- List of Tables and Figures -- Author Index.