Viral Outbreaks, Biosecurity, and Preparing for Mass Casualty Infectious Diseases Events

Trish M. Perl is Jay P Sanford Professor of Medicine, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. Dr. Daniel Maxwell practices in Infectious Disease and Critical Care, a field that Dr. Perl introduced him to. His residency training, chief resident year, and fellowships were all completed at UT Southwestern and he has lived in Dallas, Texas since 2013, with the exception of a two-year hiatus for a deployment with the Army National Guard and volunteer medical work in South Sudan. He is interested in medical education, health equity, and the spectrum of infectious diseases from the clinic to the ICU.

• 1. Perspectives on Bioterrorism and Pandemics2. A Brief History of Biological Warfare and Bioterrorism3. Anthrax: Ancient Surge and Current Biothreat4. Tularemia: A Bioterrorist Threat and Public Health Concern5. Plague: The Yersinia pestis Infection6. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs): An Archetype for Risk Management and High-Consequence Pathogens7. Smallpox and Mpox8. Preparing for Influenza Epidemics and Pandemics9. Avian Influenza10. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)11. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)12. SARS-CoV-213. The Age of Synthetic Biology: Changing Biosecurity Risks14. Preparing for Viral Outbreaks and Bioterrorism: The Public Health Perspective15. Prevention in Healthcare and Public Health16. Surveillance Strategies17. Infectious Diseases Transmission Dynamics: Modeling of Outbreaks and Interventions18. Risks and Challenges for First Responders Managing Patients Infected With or Exposed to High-Consequence Infectious Diseases19. Healthcare Preparedness for Infectious Diseases Mass Casualty Events, Including Bioterrorism, Viral Outbreaks, and Pandemics20. Special Care Units21. Diagnostics22. Protecting the Frontline and Preventing Transmission of High-Consequence Agents and Other Pathogens With Pandemic Potential in Healthcare Settings23. Vaccines: Science and Public Health Applications24. Vaccines25. Therapeutics Overview for Agents of Bioterrorism and Viral Outbreaks26. Ethical Issues in Preparing for and Responding to Infectious Outbreaks and Bioterror Attacks27. Strategies for Successful Communications During Health Emergencies: Insights From Journalists Turned Public Relations Experts28. Recovery From Biological Disasters: Bioterrorism, Outbreaks of Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Pandemics