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Knowledge of Human Monkeypox and Its Relation to Conspiracy Beliefs among Students in Jordanian Health Schools: Filling the Knowledge Gap on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objective: The recent multi-country outbreak of human monkeypox (HMPX) in non-endemic regions poses an emerging public health concern. University students in health schools/faculties represent a core knowledgeable group that can be helpful
Malik Sallam, Kholoud Al-Mahzoum, Latefa Ali Dardas, Ala’a B. Al-Tammemi, Laith Al-Majali, Hala Al-Naimat, Laila Jardaneh, Farah AlHadidi, Khaled Al-Salahat, Eyad Al-Ajlouni, Nadin Mohammad AlHadidi, Faris G. Bakri, Azmi Mahafzah, Harapan Harapan   +13 more
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Preventing “a virological Hiroshima”: Cold War press coverage of biological weapons disarmament [PDF]

, 2015
This article examines representations of biological weapons during a crucial period in the recent history of this form of warfare. The study draws on a corpus of newspaper articles from the US New York Times and the UK Times and Guardian written around ...
Alex Spelling, Avery D., Balmer B., Balmer B., Bauer M., Bingham A., Boyer P., Brian Balmer, Caitríona McLeish, Carter G. B., Connelly M., Goldblatt J., Gould C., Guillemin J., Mayor A., Moon J. E. v. C., Moon J. E. v. C., Nelkin D., Rosenberg C., Schmidt U., Sontag S., Weart S., Wheelis M.   +22 more
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Facing a Modern International Issue: The Politics of Biological Warfare in the United States and Korea [PDF]

, 2023
Biological warfare, which is the deliberate release of infectious toxins or organisms that cause diseases, has historically been a major issue that the international community has strived to resolve.
Kang, James
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Global Screening for Human Viral Pathogens

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
We propose a system for continuing surveillance of viral pathogens circulating in large human populations. We base this system on the physical isolation of viruses from large pooled samples of human serum and plasma (e.g., discarded specimens from ...
Norman G. Anderson, John L. Gerin, N. Leigh Anderson   +2 more
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A clinical approach to an unidentified aerosolized bioterrorism agent: a narrative review for emergency providers [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2023
The current heightened international political climate is accompanied by increased risk of chemical or biological agent weaponization. Historical accounts of biochemical warfare are extensive, and considering the recent use of such agents for targeted ...
Rashed Alremeithi, Natalie Sullivan, Hannah Checkeye, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Ali Pourmand   +4 more
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Evolution and stability of altruist strategies in microbial games [PDF]

Physical Review E 85 (2012) 011914, 2010
When microbes compete for limited resources, they often engage in chemical warfare using bacterial toxins. This competition can be understood in terms of evolutionary game theory (EGT). We study the predictions of EGT for the bacterial "suicide bomber" game in terms of the phase portraits of population dynamics, for parameter combinations that cover ...
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Glutathione conjugates of the mercapturic acid pathway and guanine adduct as biomarkers of exposure to CEES, a sulfur mustard analog [PDF]

, 2021
Sulfur mustard (SM), a chemical warfare agent, is a strong alkylating compound that readily reacts with numerous biomolecules. The goal of the present work was to define and validate new biomarkers of exposure to SM that could be easily accessible in urine or plasma. Because investigations using SM are prohibited by the Organization for the Prohibition
arxiv   +1 more source

Quantum Technology for Military Applications [PDF]

EPJ Quantum Technol. 8, 24 (2021), 2021
Quantum technology is an emergent and potentially disruptive discipline, with the ability to affect many human activities. Quantum technologies are dual-use technologies, and as such are of interest to the defence and security industry and military and governmental actors.
arxiv   +1 more source

Intelligence, Ignorance, and Diplomacy in the Cold War

Journal for the History of Knowledge, 2021
Drawing on perspectives from “ignorance studies,” this article examines a case of multiple types of expertise and ignorance within the geo-political context of the Cold War. It revisits a suspected breach of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
Brian Balmer
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Biological warfare in a historical perspective [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2002
There are some early examples of biological warfare (BW), but in modern times it was used first for sabotage by Germany during WWI. Development of biological weapons on a military significant scale was initiated in several countries in the period between the world wars.
Fredrik Elgh, Roger Roffey, Anders Tegnell   +2 more
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