Pathogens as biological weapons of invasive species. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2015 Invasive species arenonindigenousspecies that areintroduced intonew environments, wheretheybecome established and expand theirrange[1].They undergo rapidproliferation follow-ingthecolonizationofnewhabitats,oftenattheexpense ofnative species ...
Andreas Vilcinskas
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The "Biological Weapons" of Ehrlichia chaffeensis: Novel Molecules and Mechanisms to Subjugate Host Cells. [PDF]
Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2021 Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligatory intracellular bacterium that causes human monocytic ehrlichiosis, an emerging, potentially fatal tick-borne infectious disease.
Rikihisa Y.
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Development of and prospects for the biological weapons convention
Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2022 Biological weapons are used in wars to wound or kill people or animals and destroy crops with pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, as well as toxins and other biologically active substances.
Liang Huigang +4 more
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The Multiple Hit Hypothesis for Gulf War Illness: Self-Reported Chemical/Biological Weapons Exposure and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. [PDF]
Brain Sci, 2018 The Gulf War Illness Consortium (GWIC) was designed to identify objective biomarkers of Gulf War Illness (GWI) in 1991 Gulf War veterans. The symptoms of GWI include fatigue, pain, cognitive problems, gastrointestinal, respiratory, and skin problems ...
Janulewicz P +11 more
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Toxins as biological weapons for terror-characteristics, challenges and medical countermeasures: a mini-review. [PDF]
Disaster Mil Med, 2016 Toxins are hazardous biochemical compounds derived from bacteria, fungi, or plants. Some have mechanisms of action and physical properties that make them amenable for use as potential warfare agents.
Berger T +5 more
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Legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol: one hundred years of treaties and debates on chemical and biological weapons [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThis essay examines the legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which prohibited the use of chemical and biological weapons. This multinational treaty was an important milestone in the history of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass ...
Walter E. Grunden, Olli H. Tuovinen
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Potential Biological Weapons Threats
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999 Abstract : The list of agents that could pose the greatest public health risk in the event of a bioterrorist attack is short. However, although short, the list includes agents that, if acquired and properly disseminated, could cause a difficult public health challenge in terms of our ability to limit the numbers of casualties and control the damage to ...
Mark G. Kortepeter, Gerald W. Parker
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Living Weapons: Biological Weapons and International Security [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 Theodore J. Cieslak
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Asia-Pacific Perspective on Biological Weapons and Nuclear Deterrence in the Pandemic Era
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021 This article provides an Asia-Pacific perspective on biological weapons and their relevance to nuclear deterrence in the pandemic era. The entire class of biological weapons is banned by international law; however, biological weapons are generally less ...
Miles Pomper, Richard Pilch
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