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Technologies to Enable Autonomous Detection for BioWatch : Ensuring Timely and Accurate Information for Public Health Officials : Workshop Summary.

"The BioWatch program, funded and overseen by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has three main elements--sampling, analysis, and response--each coordinated by different agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency maintains the sampling component, the sensors that collect airborne par...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Council, National Research
Otros Autores: Medicine, Institute of, Policy, Board on Health Sciences
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FrontMatter
  • Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Overview of the BioWatch Program
  • 3 Public Healthâ€?s Perspective on the Role of BioWatch in the Decision-Making Process
  • 4 Potential Technologies for the BioWatch Program
  • 5 Final Thoughts
  • Appendix A: References
  • Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Participants
  • Appendix C: Workshop Agenda
  • Appendix D: Registered Attendees
  • Appendix E: Technology Readiness Levels in the Department of Defense
  • Appendix F: White Paper 1: The BioWatch Program: What Information Is Needed to Inform Decision Making?Appendix G: White Paper 2: Nucleic-Acid Signatures at Three Levels of Readiness for BioWatch
  • Appendix H: White Paper 3: State of the Art for Autonomous Detection Systems Using Immunoassays and Protein Signatures
  • Appendix I: White Paper 4: State of the Art for Autonomous Detection Systems Using Genomic Sequencing
  • Appendix J: White Paper 5: State of the Art for Autonomous Detection Systems Using Mass Spectrometry