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Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: Bioterrorism and biosecurity preparedness are critical pillars of global public health protection and resilience of health systems worldwide.
Festus Mulakoli +2 more
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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 +37 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 +11 more
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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 +4 more
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Knowledge and Attitude of nurses regarding bioterrorism
, 2007 Background: Modern biotechnology has enabled man to make benefit of microorganisms more efficiently than before but it is obvious that this powerful tool can be beneficial or dangerous to human beings depending on its use.
Aghaei, N +2 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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Information on public health response in the event of a bioterrorism emergency [PDF]
December 31, 2003, 18:25 EST (6:25 PM EST)CDCHAN-00177-03-12-31-UPD-NInformation on public health response in the event of a bioterrorism emergency.On Sunday, December 21, the nation\u2019s threat level was raised from elevated risk (\u201cyellow\u201d ...
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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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Funding Agendas: Has Bioterror Defense Been Over-Prioritized?
, 2005 Post-9/11, concern about bioterrorism has transformed public health from unappreciated to a central component of national security. Within the War on Terror, bioterrorism preparedness has taken a back seat only to direct military action in terms of ...
May, Thomas
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