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A clinical approach to an unidentified aerosolized bioterrorism agent: a narrative review for emergency providers [PDF]

open access: yesClinical 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Critical analysis of doctrinal approaches to the definition of “biological terrorism”

open access: yesBulletin of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, 2023
With the purpose of formulating a universal definition of the “biological terrorism” concept, the author clarifies the content and features of the generic concept of “terrorism”.
О. V. Shamsutdinov
doaj   +1 more source

Immunization against Potential Biological Warfare Agents [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Infectious Diseases, 2000
The intentional release of biological agents by belligerents or terrorists is a possibility that has recently attracted increased attention. Law enforcement agencies, military planners, public health officials, and clinicians are gaining an increasing awareness of this potential threat.
T J, Cieslak   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Microbial forensics: A potential tool for investigation and response to bioterrorism

open access: yesHealth Sciences Review, 2022
Bioterrorism is the intentional dissemination of bio-warfare agents in a population to cause illness or death. Microbial forensics plays an essential role in the investigation of bio-terror attacks.
Tahir ul Gani Mir   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anthrax as a Potential Biological Warfare Agent [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Internal Medicine, 1998
Anthrax is a zoonotic illness recognized since antiquity. Today, human anthrax has been all but eradicated from the industrialized world, with the vast majority of practitioners in the United States unlikely to have seen a case. Unfortunately, the disease remains endemic in many areas of the world, and anthrax poses a threat as a mass casualty ...
J C, Pile   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Synthesis and Decontamination Effect on Chemical and Biological Agents of Benzoxonium-Like Salts

open access: yesToxics, 2021
Benzoxonium chloride belongs to the group of quaternary ammonium salts, which have been widely used for decades as disinfectants because of their high efficacy, low toxicity, and thermal stability.
Aneta Markova   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

International Deployment of Microbial Pest Control Agents: Falling Between the Cracks of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper considers one tangled web of conflicting developments. It involves the popular desire to replace chemical pesticides with more “natural” biological control strategies, plus a slowly emerging awareness of a less benign side to microbial pest ...
Knudsen, Guy R.
core   +2 more sources

Fully integrated digital microfluidics platform for automated immunoassay; a versatile tool for rapid, specific detection of a wide range of pathogens [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.With the tangible threat posed by the ...
Coudron, Loic   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

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