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Anthrax: An Old Disease Raising New Fears

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2002
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Shaun Morris
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Pathogenic Bacilli as an Emerging Biothreat?

Pathogens, 2022
Bacillus anthracis, present as a very durable endospore in soil, causes zoonotic illness which is mainly associated with herbivores and domestic animals. Human cases are scarce and often involve populations close to infected livestock.
Lou Mondange, Émilie Tessier, Jean-Nicolas Tournier   +2 more
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Review of recently reported Ricin detection techniques focusing on combined immunoassay detection with abrin and saxitoxin in human plasma

선진국방연구, 2023
Increasing non-traditional threats from biological or chemical weapons, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have tried to perform the preliminary analysis of biotoxin sample to standardize analysis methods and strengthen ...
Seungmin Kang, Seonhee Kim, David G. Churchill, Kang Ku, Yoonjeong Jang   +4 more
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Current status of book publishing in the field of biological weapons defense in China

Shanghai yufang yixue
ObjectiveTo provide scientific support for the compilation of high-quality anti-nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) medical textbooks in China by retrieving books in the field of biological weapons defense in China, summarizing the publication time ...
WANG Xuechun, DU Jiajun, ZHANG Xixiaoxue, KAN Ting, WU Wenjun, MA Yu, YANG Shanshan, WANG Shengshu, HE Yao, LIU Miao   +9 more
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Temperate Bacteriophages—The Powerful Indirect Modulators of Eukaryotic Cells and Immune Functions

Viruses, 2021
Bacteriophages are natural biological entities that limit the growth and amplification of bacteria. They are important stimulators of evolutionary variability in bacteria, and currently are considered a weapon against antibiotic resistance of bacteria ...
Martyna Cieślik, Natalia Bagińska, Ewa Jończyk-Matysiak, Alicja Węgrzyn, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Andrzej Górski   +5 more
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COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Discussion on Twitter

Social Media + Society, 2022
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was an unexpected event and resulted in catastrophic consequences with long-lasting behavioral effects.
Dmitry Erokhin, Abraham Yosipof, Nadejda Komendantova   +2 more
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Meeting the Challenges of Chemical and Biological Weapons: Strengthening the Chemical and Biological Disarmament and Non-proliferation Regimes

Frontiers in Political Science, 2022
In this report, we identify some of the key technical and political challenges currently facing the broader Chemical and Biological Weapon (CBW) regime- with a particular emphasis on major forthcoming diplomatic meetings.
Brett Edwards, Tatyana Novossiolova, Michael Crowley, Simon Whitby, Malcolm Dando, Lijun Shang, Lijun Shang   +6 more
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Biological control and genetics: BTI — a potent new biological weapon

California Agriculture, 1980
Control of mosquitoes through exploitation of their natural enemies to suppress them has been given high priority in California for many years. More studies have been approved and more funds expended on biological controls than on any other research ...
R Garcia, B Federici, I Hall, M Mulla, C Schaefer   +4 more
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Optimizing the Sensitivity of Biological Particle Detectors through Atmospheric Particle Analysis According to Climatic Characteristics in South Korea

Sensors, 2022
Biological agents used in biological warfare or bioterrorism are also present in bioaerosols. Prompt identification of a biological weapon and its characteristics is necessary. Herein, we optimized an environmentally adaptive detection algorithm that can
Hyunsoo Seo, Kibong Choi, Young-Su Jeong
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Anthrax in Humans, Animals, and the Environment and the One Health Strategies for Anthrax Control

Pathogens
Anthrax is a notorious disease of public health importance caused by Bacillus anthracis. The causative agent can also be used as a biological weapon.
Deepak Subedi, Saurav Pantha, Sumit Jyoti, Bickal Gautam, Krishna Kaphle, Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Shristi Ghimire, Santosh Dhakal   +7 more
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