Effectiveness of international virtual training on biorisk management in the context of COVID-19 [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in enormous increases in laboratory activities to keep pace with diagnostic testing and research efforts. However, traditional training, technical assistance, and capacity-building approaches were disrupted ...
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Training in tools and modelling to develop risk ranking and quantitative microbial risk assessment for cheese along the Polish and Spanish food. [PDF]
EFSA JAbstract To ensure that ready‐to‐eat products are safe to eat, it is important to develop new tools to prevent and control bacterial contamination. Risk assessment has been gaining popularity in recent years and provides tools with which we can develop mathematical models for robust food safety management tools for use by health authorities, consumer ...
Sęczkowska O +4 more
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Containment of antimicrobial resistance for strengthening global public health security: Biorisk management perspectives [PDF]
Biosafety and HealthAntimicrobials have been hugely successful in improving health outcomes. However, its positive impact is threatened by worldwide increase of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Use, misuse and overuse are the drivers of AMR.
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Editorial: Biorisk management, laboratory acquired infections and clinical containment, volume II [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthKashif Ali +2 more
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Training in metataxonomics-integrated risk assessment for foodborne pathogens in the Polish and Spanish dairy chain (DAIRYPOL). [PDF]
EFSA JAbstract Food safety is a key concern in the European Union, with the harmonisation of risk assessment methodologies being a strategic priority. The EU‐FORA programme, coordinated by EFSA, promotes standardised approaches to microbial risk assessment across Europe.
Bucka-Kolendo J +2 more
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BioRisk-S (Biological Risk–Stomatognathic): A Predictive Algorithm for Early Systemic Detection of Stomatognathic Dysfunction [PDF]
BioengineeringBackground: Functional imbalance within the stomatognathic system can develop long before clinical symptoms become evident. Subtle biological changes, such as low-grade inflammation or metabolic disturbance, may precede gingival inflammation ...
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Measures to strengthen international biosafety and biosecurity practices. [PDF]
PLoS BiologyNo matter where they are performed, studies with infectious agents need ironclad biorisk management. This can be promoted through robust gatekeeping of funding and publication, using a new formal reporting standard for pathogen research.
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Plant Signaling Mediates Interactions Between Fall and Southern Armyworms (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Their Shared Parasitoid Cotesia icipe (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) [PDF]
InsectsIn Africa, the current harmful maize pest is Spodoptera frugiperda. Its attack can be severe and cause total economic losses. Spodoptera eridania is another species of the same genus, detected a few months after S.
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Navigating change: the ongoing efforts to contain poliovirus in the United States [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyUnited States (U.S.) poliovirus research and vaccination programs have eliminated polio in the U.S. and brought the world to the brink of polio eradication. As part of a global action plan, the U.S.
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Implementation of Poliovirus Containment in Poliovirus Designated Facilities—United States, 2017–2024 [PDF]
PathogensAs the world approaches wild poliovirus eradication, effective containment measures are essential to minimize the risk of a facility-associated reintroduction into a polio-free community.
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