Sampling for biological agents in the environment / edited by Peter Emanuel, Jason W. Roos, Kakoli Niyogi - Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2008 - xvii, 294 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Missteps and mistakes: lessons learned from real-world incidents / Peter Emanuel -- Getting started: planning the sample mission / Mark Durno, Myles Bartos, and Jack Kelly -- Sampling teams / Daniel Martin and Anthony Intrepido -- The role of sampling in the phases of a biological event: fact and fiction in an airport scenario / Matt Gillen -- Surface sampling / Anne Busher, Judith Noble-Wang, and Laura Rose -- Indoor and outdoor air sampling of the environment / Kristin Omberg and Linda Stetzenbach -- Environmental samples as evidence: labeling and documentation at a crime scene / Steven Drielak -- Sample packaging and transport: biosafety from cradle to grave / Nicholas Cirino and David Cook -- Laboratory resources / Jason W. Roos and Christina Egan -- Environmental sampling today: advances since the 2001 anthrax attacks / Dorothy Canter

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Biological Warfare--prevention & control
Bacteria--isolation & purification
Environmental Exposure--prevention & control
Specimen handling--Methods

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