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Live Attenuated Tularemia Vaccines for Protection Against Respiratory Challenge With Virulent F. tularensis subsp. tularensis

open access: yesFrontiers 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

open access: yesEmerging 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   +6 more
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Bioterrorism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Luciana L. Borio   +2 more
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Assessment of community healthcare providers ability and willingness to respond to emergencies resulting from bioterrorist attacks

open access: yesJournal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2010
Introduction: Previous findings have demonstrated that preparedness and planning within the public health system are inadequately developed to respond to an act of biological or chemical terrorism.
Crane Jeffery   +3 more
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Passive Antibody Administration (Immediate Immunity) as a Specific Defense Against Biological Weapons

open access: yesEmerging 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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Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Enable Use of Needed Products in Civilian and Military Emergencies, United States

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
The US Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) is a critical new tool for medical and public health communities and is applicable for both civilian and military use.
Stuart L. Nightingale   +2 more
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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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Laboratory Exposures to Brucellae and Implications for Bioterrorism

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
Brucellae are class 3 organisms and potential agents of bioterrorism. Because of effective public health measures, brucellosis has become a rare disease in industrialized countries, and clinical microbiology laboratories are frequently unfamiliar with ...
Pablo Yagupsky, Ellen Jo Baron
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