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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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Critical monitoring and control factors for achieving food defense criteria
Risk Analysis, EarlyView.Abstract Food can be contaminated by physical, chemical, biological, and radiological hazards. Industry and regulatory agencies have developed the Food Safety Management System, based on the principles of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, to be effective against unintentional food safety risks. However, there is the intentional contamination
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, 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.
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A century of assessment: A systematic review of biothreat risk assessments
Risk Analysis, EarlyView.Abstract 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 ...
Claire Atkerson, Michael T Parker
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Bioterrorism threat: A review of microbial forensics source-tracing of some bioterrorism agents
Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2018 Global perception and consciousness of the threat of bioterrorism seem to have diminished in recent past following achievements in decades of global fight against deadly infectious diseases such as plague and smallpox. However, with recent advancement in
Bobmanuel Chimaroke Echeonwu +3 more
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An Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian Nurses Towards Bioterrorism
, 2017 Background: An increase in disasters around the world like bioterrorism attacks emphasizes the need to assess healthcare workers’ preparedness to respond to bioterrorism.
Hassan Abolghasem Gorji +3 more
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Clinical management of potential bioterrorism-related conditions.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 The agents most likely to be used in bioterrorism attacks are reviewed, along with the clinical syndromes they produce and their treatment.
A. Adalja, Eric S Toner, T. Inglesby
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Smallpox and Bioterrorism: Why the Plan to Protect the Nation Is Stalled and What to Do [PDF]
, 2003 The Iraq war is over, no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have yet been found, and the president's smallpox plan, though sound, is running out of steam. Instead of being well on the way to protecting the nation's civilian population by vaccinating up to
Kenneth D. Bloem, William J. Bicknell
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2025.ABSTRACT This is a protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are to synthesize published and unpublished scientific literature on (1) the prevalence of and (2) the risk and protective factors for school‐aged youth radicalization. In the nascent field of research on radicalized youth, a priority of the review is to examine the breadth of
Anthony Petrosino, Claire Morgan
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Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health in the Age of Bioterrorism, 2004 [PDF]
, 2004 Examines ten key indicators to evaluate state preparedness to respond to bioterrorist attacks and other public health emergencies.
Laura M. Segal +3 more
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