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Comparison of the effect of bioterrorism education through two methods of lecture and booklet on the knowledge and attitude of nurses of Shams Al-Shomus Nezaja Hospital

open access: yesJournal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022
BACKGROUND: Today, considering the importance of bioterrorism, it may be time to assess the risk of bioterrorism as an important priority. Nurses, as the broadest group of therapy group, are very influential in this regard.General aim: To determine the ...
Masoud Khoshnudi   +7 more
doaj   +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
core   +2 more sources

Metabolic network analysis-based identification of antimicrobial drug targets in category A bioterrorism agents. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
The 2001 anthrax mail attacks in the United States demonstrated the potential threat of bioterrorism, hence driving the need to develop sophisticated treatment and diagnostic protocols to counter biological warfare.
Yong-Yeol Ahn   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Viruses and Bioterrorism

open access: yes, 2008
The use of viral agents for biological warfare has a long history, which predates their recognition and isolation by culture. Advances in viral culture and virus stabilization made during the second half of the twentieth century raised the level of concern by facilitating the large-scale production of viral agents for aerosol dissemination. Furthermore,
Morse, S.A., Meyer, R.F.
openaire   +1 more source

Bioterrorism education effect on knowledge and attitudes of nurses

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

A simple undergraduate laboratory exercise for teaching the role of sentinel-level clinical microbiology testing in biological threat identification

open access: yesJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2023
Undergraduate students in the biomedical sciences are mostly unaware of how clinical microbiology laboratories handle suspected agents of bioterrorism or emerging infectious diseases.
Christina Cox, David S. Askew
doaj   +1 more source

Responding to bioterrorism [PDF]

open access: yesEMBO 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 ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Planning against Biological Terrorism: Lessons from Outbreak Investigations

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
We examined outbreak investigations conducted around the world from 1988 to 1999 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Epidemic Intelligence Service.
David A. Ashford   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioethics and the World Order: A Curious Coincidence Between Chinese and African Approaches

open access: yesDeveloping World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The post‐1945 world order is standardly pictured as a Westphalian system, in which each state is equal under the law with sovereign authority over its territories. This paper argues that the Westphalian system is changing and examines the implications for bioethics. We show that cross‐border health, economic, ecologic, and sociopolitical risks
Nancy S. Jecker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Analysis of Risk and Likelihood of Bioterrorism Attacks on Urban Water Infrastructure [PDF]

open access: yesجغرافیا و آمایش شهری منطقه‌ای, 2019
Access to safe and sustainable water is one of the most urgent needs of citizens in all societies, particularly large cities and metropolises, and any disruption to the functioning of water infrastructure in cities, poses immediate and serious threat to ...
zahra nasimi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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