chapter 1 The History of Biological Weapons -- chapter 2 Bioterrorism and Biowarfare: Similarities and Differences -- chapter 3 Scientific and Ethical Importance of Animal Models in Biodefense Research -- chapter 4 Development and Validation of Animal Models -- chapter 5 Infectious Disease Aerobiology: Aerosol Challenge Methods -- chapter 6 Anthrax -- chapter 7 Glanders -- chapter 8 Plague -- chapter 9 Tularemia -- chapter 10 Q Fever -- chapter 11 Alphaviruses -- chapter 12 Orthopoxviruses -- chapter 13 Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers -- chapter 14 Botulinum Toxins -- chapter 15 Ricin -- chapter 16 Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Superantigens.