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Iowa Health Focus, March 2003 [PDF]

, 2003
Monthly newsletter for Iowa Department of Public ...

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Botulinum Neurotoxins: History, Mechanism, and Applications. A Narrative Review

Journal of Neurochemistry, Volume 169, Issue 8, August 2025.
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), produced by Clostridium botulinum, bind irreversibly to presynaptic cholinergic nerve terminals and exploit a zinc‐dependent mechanism to cleave SNARE proteins, blocking acetylcholine release and causing flaccid paralysis.
Arik Monash, Joseph Tam, Osnat Rosen, Hermona Soreq   +3 more
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Francisella tularensis Transmission by Solid Organ Transplantation, 20171. [PDF]

, 2019
In July 2017, fever and sepsis developed in 3 recipients of solid organs (1 heart and 2 kidneys) from a common donor in the United States; 1 of the kidney recipients died.
Annambhotla, Pallavi, Asad, Shadaba, Aslam, Saima, Basavaraju, Sridhar V, Brown, Jennifer, Burns, Kevin, Carifo, Karen, Dagher, Hikmat N, Fritz, Curtis L, Gonzalez, Anthony, Ham, John, Helsel, Elizabeth, Hinckley, Alison F, Iser, Joseph, Johnson, Michael, Jones, Jefferson M, Kelley, Walter E, Kingry, Luke C, Krafft, Melissa, Kwit, Natalie A, Medina-Garcia, Luis H, Mohler, Kelli, Murua, Christian, Nelson, Christina A, Petersen, Jeannine M, Respicio-Kingry, Laurel, Tularemia in Transplant Recipients Investigation Team, Wiggins, Landon, Zhang, Ying   +28 more
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Bioterrorism [PDF]

, 2011
This presentation was made during the Observables and Indicators & Warning Panel which provided an expert-centered overview of phenomenology and information necessary to support assessment of CBRNE threats.
Stewart, George Cameron, 1953-
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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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Mass Vaccination Campaign Following Community Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
During December 12–29, 1998, seven patients ages 2–18 years were diagnosed with serogroup C meningococcal disease in two neighboring Florida towns with 33,000 residents. We evaluated a mass vaccination campaign implemented to control the outbreak.
Gérard Krause, Carina Blackmore, Steven Wiersma, Cheryll Lesneski, Laurey Gauch, Richard S. Hopkins   +5 more
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Public Health Law: A Renaissance [PDF]

, 2002
Public health seeks to assure the conditions for people to be healthy. Public health can be distinguished from health care in several critical respects.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Bioterrorism [PDF]

, 2006
Terrorism preparedness is a highly specific component of general emergency preparedness. In addition to the unique pediatric issues involved in general emergency preparedness, terrorism preparedness must consider several additional issues, including the ...
Markenson, David, Redlener, Irwin E.
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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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