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Challenges to and Countermeasures for the Value Realization of Healthcare Data Elements in China

Health Care Science, Volume 4, Issue 3, Page 225-228, June 2025.
The market for healthcare data elements in China has shown strong growth, but still fails to effectively realize the value of circulation and transactions. By identifying the five major challenges, this article proposes countermeasures to accelerate the release of multidimensional value and integrative value creation of healthcare data elements.
Tianan Yang, Wenhao Deng, Ran Liu, Tianyu Wang, Yuanyuan Dai, Jianwei Deng   +5 more
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Specific, Sensitive, and Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Human Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
The bioterrorism-associated human anthrax epidemic in the fall of 2001 highlighted the need for a sensitive, reproducible, and specific laboratory test for the confirmatory diagnosis of human anthrax.
Conrad P. Quinn, Vera A. Semenova, Cheryl M. Elie, Sandra Romero-Steiner, Carolyn M. Greene, Han Li, Karen Stamey, Evelene Steward-Clark, Daniel S. Schmidt, Elizabeth Mothershed, Janet Pruckler, Stephanie Schwartz, Robert F. Benson, Leta O. Helsel, Patricia F. Holder, Scott E. Johnson, Molly Kellum, Trudy Messmer, W. Lanier Thacker, Lilah Besser, Brian D. Plikaytis, Thomas H. Taylor, Alison E. Freeman, Kelly J. Wallace, Peter Dull, Jim Sejvar, Erica Bruce, Rosa Moreno, Anne Schuchat, Jairam R. Lingappa, Sandra K. Martin, John Walls, Melinda Bronsdon, George M. Carlone, Mary Bajani-Ari, David A. Ashford, David S. Stephens, Bradley A. Perkins   +37 more
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Assessing the use of infectious agents in bioterrorism: a narrative review of risks, preparedness, and response strategies

Bulletin of the National Research Centre
Background Bioterrorism involves the deliberate use of biological agents as weapons to cause harm or death to humans, animals, or plants. These agents are naturally found in the environment but can be modified into weapons.
Marianna-Foteini Dafni, Maria Vasileiou, Poliana Zanotto Manoel, Agnes Zanotto Manoel, Suvam Banerjee, Idalia Błażejczyk, Harshal Chorya, Rajiv Yussuf Ali   +7 more
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Isolated Case of Bioterrorism-related Inhalational Anthrax, New York City, 2001

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
On October 31, 2001, in New York City, a 61-year-old female hospital employee who had acquired inhalational anthrax died after a 6-day illness. To determine sources of exposure and identify additional persons at risk, the New York City Department of ...
Timothy H. Holtz, Joel Ackelsberg, Jacob L. Kool, Richard Rosselli, Anthony Marfin, Thomas Matte, Sara T. Beatrice, Michael B. Heller, Dan Hewett, Linda Moskin, Michel L. Bunning, Marcelle Layton   +11 more
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Disaster management: designing a new model for effective planning in bioterrorism

Payesh, 2003
A biological attack can begin silently and insidiously. Instead of police, fire and emergency medical services rushing to a clearly apparent incident scene, medical facilities may be the first to see victims of a bioterrorism attack.
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Demand for Prophylaxis after Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax Cases, 2001

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
Media reports suggested increased public demand for anthrax prophylaxis after the intentional anthrax cases in 2001, but the magnitude of anthrax-related prescribing in unaffected regions was not assessed.
Edward A. Belongia, Burney Kieke, Ruth Lynfield, Jeffrey P. Davis, Richard E. Besser   +4 more
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Waterborne and foodborne zoonotic protozoa, an unknown threat as a biological agent in bioterrorism [PDF]

Bihdāsht-i Mavādd-i Ghaz̠āyī, 2019
Some zoonotic protozoa can be easily transmitted through food and water and cause serious illnesses in humans and animals. Because these pathogenic agents have some characteristics of an effective biological agent such as latent period, low infectious ...
N. Hajipour, J. Gharekhani
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Live Attenuated Tularemia Vaccines for Protection Against Respiratory Challenge With Virulent F. tularensis subsp. tularensis

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of tularemia and a Tier I bioterrorism agent. In the 1900s, several vaccines were developed against tularemia including the killed “Foshay” vaccine, subunit vaccines comprising F.
Qingmei Jia, Marcus A. Horwitz
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Use of Automated Ambulatory-Care Encounter Records for Detection of Acute Illness Clusters, Including Potential Bioterrorism Events

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
The advent of domestic bioterrorism has emphasized the need for enhanced detection of clusters of acute illness. We describe a monitoring system operational in eastern Massachusetts, based on diagnoses obtained from electronic records of ambulatory-care ...
Ross Lazarus, Ken Kleinman, Inna Dashevsky, Courtney Adams, Patricia Kludt, Alfred DeMaria, Richard Platt   +6 more
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Passive Antibody Administration (Immediate Immunity) as a Specific Defense Against Biological Weapons

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
The potential threat of biological warfare with a specific agent is proportional to the susceptibility of the population to that agent. Preventing disease after exposure to a biological agent is partially a function of the immunity of the exposed ...
Arturo Casadevall
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