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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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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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The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act: Planning for and Response to Bioterrorism and Naturally Occurring Infectious Diseases

, 2002
The Center for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities drafted the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MSEHPA or Model Act) at the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Teret, Stephen P. Burris, Scott, Sapsin, Jason W., Hodge, James G., Jr., Gostin, Lawrence O., Mair, Julie Samia, Vernick, Jon S.   +5 more
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The Bioterrorism Act of the USA and international food trade: Evaluating WTO conformity and effects on bilateral imports

The September 11th event focused the world's attention on the threat of bioterrorism to the food chain. As a consequence, the U.S. implemented the Bioterrorism Act (BTA).
Rudloff, Bettina, Wahl, Thomas I., Wieck, Christine   +2 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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Putting Bioterrorism in Perspective

, 2008
Bioterrorism is defined as terrorism by intentional release or dissemination of biological agents that may be naturally occurring or in a human-modified form.
Cairns, John Jr.
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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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Bioterrorism and biodefense

, 2010
• Bioterrorism continues to pose a global threat due to ongoing geopolitical conflicts. • Early recognition of bioterrorism is critical to preserving individual and public health. Agents of bioterrorism concern are prioritized according to their potential to cause high mortality and major impact on public health (category A); to be associated with ...
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A Multiple Streams Approach to Bioterrorism Policy

, 2012
Bioterrorism is not a new phenomenon and the issues that surround bioterrorism are complex. This paper focuses on the history of bioterrorism, its current threat in public view, and then applying a theory in which explains how those problems became ...
Reeder, Craig
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