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Smallpox and bioterrorism

open access: yesBulletin 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 [PDF]

open access: yesBaština, 2022
The author often mentioned in his works that there is no inhabited territory in the world that is resistant to terrorism, while the roots of terrorism, surrounded by different motives and causes, go far back in history.
Bursać Boris Lj.
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology of Bioterrorism

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 1999
Julie A. Pavlin
doaj   +3 more sources

Bioterrorism-Related Training Programs for Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2023
This study determined the status and outcomes of bioterrorism-related training programs for healthcare workers. While media-based education/training uses simulations, games, and web-based programs, evidence of their effectiveness and relevant systematic ...
Yujeong Kim, Haeyoung Lee
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge and preparedness of healthcare providers towards bioterrorism

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Several emergent circumstances require healthcare providers to recognize the unusual and dangerous and pathogenic agents. An in-depth literature review showed that studies about bioterrorism preparedness amongst healthcare providers are ...
Abdullah Nofal   +8 more
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with bioterrorism preparedness in healthcare workers: a systematic review

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionBioterrorism is an important issue in the field of biosecurity, and effectively dealing with bioterrorism has become an urgent task worldwide.
Tiantian Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ricin as a Biothreat Agent: From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Toxicology, Forensic Aspects, and Risk Mitigation. [PDF]

open access: yesBiomed Res Int
Ricin, a potent ribosome‐inactivating protein derived from the seeds of Ricinus communis L., represents a significant threat in the context of biological warfare and terrorism due to its high toxicity, ease of extraction, and lack of a specific antidote.
Pohanka M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Multiple Streams Approach to Bioterrorism Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Bioterrorism is not a new phenomenon and the issues that surround bioterrorism are complex. This paper focuses on the history of bioterrorism, its current threat in public view, and then applying a theory in which explains how those problems became ...
Reeder, Craig
core   +1 more source

Bioterrorism and Environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Bioterrorism is a current threat of terrorism as a contemporary exponent. Bioterrorism vectors affect the security environment causing damage with direct action on the human habitat.
PARASCHIV, Catalin-Razvan   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Social Media and Its Dual Use in Biopreparedness: Communication and Visualization Tools in an Animal Bioterrorism Incident

open access: yes, 2013
This article focuses on social media and interactive challenges for emergency organizations during a bioterrorism or agroterrorism incident, and it outlines the dual-use dilemma of social media. Attackers or terrorists can use social media as their modus
Skiby, Jeffrey E.   +23 more
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