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Smallpox and bioterrorism [PDF]
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2003 Smallpox was declared to be eradicated on 8 May 1980, during the Thirty-third World Health Assembly. However, concerns about the possible use of the virus as a weapon of bioterrorism have increased in recent years.
Pennington Hugh
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Bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nurses
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2013 Context: The most important way against bioterrorism is reinforcement of knowledge of health and medical team to diagnose and rapid reaction during these events.
Nahid Aghaei, Masoumeh Bagheri Nesami
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Biowarfare and Bioterrorism [PDF]
Critical Care Clinics, 2013 Bioterrorism is not only a reality of the times in which we live but bioweapons have been used for centuries. Critical care physicians play a major role in the recognition of and response to a bioterrorism attack. Critical care clinicians must be familiar with the diagnosis and management of the most likely bioterrorism agents, and also be adequately ...
M. Christian
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US Narratives of Nuclear Terrorism Since 9/11, 2019 This final section examines a mode of attack which has been repeatedly connected with nuclear terrorism in the debate over security. The weapons, usually phials or bottles, are so small that they easily avoid detection and with this kind of attack there is of course no moment of detonation, only a gradual increase in casualties.
D. Seed
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Responding to bioterrorism [PDF]
EMBO reports, 2001 Pandora's box has been opened. At the time of writing this Editorial in early November, a magazine editor in Florida, two postal workers in the mail office of Congress and a hospital worker in New York have died of pulmonary anthrax. Thirteen more, including a 7‐month‐old baby, have been infected with anthrax spores sent via anonymous letters ...
Holger Breithaupt
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Development of Smallpox Antibody Testing and Surveillance Following Smallpox Vaccination in the Republic of Korea [PDF]
VaccinesBackground: Despite its global eradication in 1977, smallpox remains a concern owing to its potential as a biological agent, thereby prompting the ongoing development and utilization of its vaccine.
Hwachul Shin +4 more
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Preparing for Bioterrorism [PDF]
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2001 Peggy Lathrop, Linda M. Mann
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Preparedness of Emergency Room Nurses for Bioterrorism Based on the Health Belief Model: A Multicenter Qualitative Study. [PDF]
Int Nurs RevABSTRACT Aim To explore emergency room nurses’ perceptions of preparedness for bioterrorism. Introduction In the context of evolving global security threats, including wars, terrorism, and emerging infectious diseases, it is critical to evaluate the bioterrorism response competencies of emergency room nurses and identify strategies to enhance their ...
Jeon MK, Kim Y.
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A century of assessment: A systematic review of biothreat risk assessments. [PDF]
Risk AnalAbstract Throughout the past century, assessments of the risks and benefits posed by high‐consequence biological agents have guided US decision‐making on weapons research, countermeasure development, and security policy. However, the dispersed nature of these biothreat risk assessments has presented various difficulties, such as duplicative effort ...
Atkerson C, Parker MT.
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