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Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2017 Objectives: An act of bioterrorism may compromise the local medical system and require whole of the healthcare workforce. The purpose of the present study was to assess the knowledge, perceived need for education, and willingness to participate in ...
Sumeet Bhatt +2 more
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Are Market GM Plants an Unrecognized Platform for Bioterrorism and Biocrime?
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2019 This article discusses a previously unrecognized avenue for bioterrorism and biocrime. It is suggested that new gene editing technologies may have the potential to create plants that are genetically modified in harmful ways, either in terms of their ...
Siguna Mueller
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Biological warfare: the history of microbial pathogens, biotoxins and emerging threats [PDF]
Microbiology Australia, 2020 Bioterrorism is the deliberate misuse of a pathogen (virus, bacterium or other disease-causing microorganisms) or biotoxin (poisonous substance produced by an organism) to cause illness and death amongst the population.
William D Rawlinson +4 more
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Journal 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
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Commentary: Public Health and Civil Liberties in an Era of Bioterrorism [PDF]
, 2002 Safeguarding the public\u27s health, safety, and security took on new meaning and urgency after the attacks on the World Trade Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001. The subsequent intentional dispersal of anthrax
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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A multi-data source surveillance system to detect a bioterrorism attack during the G8 summit in Scotland [PDF]
, 2007 In 18 weeks, Health Protection Scotland (HPS) deployed a syndromic surveillance system to early-detect natural or intentional disease outbreaks during the G8 Summit 2005 at Gleneagles, Scotland.
Allardice, G. +5 more
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BIOTERRORISM: THE DEVELOPMENT AND ITS REGULATIONS ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL LAW
Lampung Journal of International Law, 2021 The biological weapon used as a terrorism facility (bioterrorism) could endanger the lives of mankind. Besides its purpose of mass destruction, this weapon has been banned from being used towards the human.
Yaksa Elyasa
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, 2008 Bioterrorism is defined as the deliberate and malicious deployment of microbial agents or their toxins as weapons in a non-combat setting, represents perhaps the most overt example of human behavior impacting epidemic infectious diseases. There is historical precedent for the use of biological agents against both military and civilian populations.
Artenstein, Andrew W., Martin, Troy
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The Analysis of Risk and Likelihood of Bioterrorism Attacks on Urban Water Infrastructure [PDF]
جغرافیا 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
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Planning against Biological Terrorism: Lessons from Outbreak Investigations
Emerging 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
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