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Tolerance and Persistence of Ebola Virus in Primary Cells from Mops condylurus, a Potential Ebola Virus Reservoir

open access: yesViruses, 2021
Although there have been documented Ebola virus disease outbreaks for more than 40 years, the natural reservoir host has not been identified. Recent studies provide evidence that the Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus), an insectivorous microbat ...
Marcel Bokelmann   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Managing the threat of terrorism in British travel and leisure organizations [PDF]

open access: yes, 1965
This paper examines the perceived threats from terrorism in six organizations in the travel and leisure sector in the UK. These organizations are particularly exposed to such extreme threats.
Sullivan-Taylor, Bridgette   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Gut bacterial consortium enriched in a biofloc system protects shrimp against Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection

open access: yesMicrobiome, 2023
Background Shrimp cultured in a biofloc system (BFS) have a lower disease incidence than those farmed in a water exchange system (WES). Although a number of studies have reported that the gut bacterial community induced by BFS is highly associated with ...
Haipeng Guo   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphometry of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 particles in ultrathin plastic sections of infected Vero cell cultures

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 is the causative of the COVID-19 disease, which has spread pandemically around the globe within a few months. It is therefore necessary to collect fundamental information about the disease, its epidemiology and treatment, as well as about the ...
Michael Laue   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Security: Undermining Human Rights? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article warns that the human security discourse and agenda could inadvertently undermine the international human rights regime. Insofar as human security identifies new threats to well-being, new victims of those threats, new duties of states, or ...
Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.
core   +3 more sources

A log mining approach for process monitoring in SCADA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems are used for controlling and monitoring industrial processes. We propose a methodology to systematically identify potential process-related threats in SCADA. Process-related threats take place when
Bolzoni, Damiano   +2 more
core   +11 more sources

Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica wild-type is able to colonize natural aquatic ex vivo biofilms

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Biofilms are a matrix-associated lifestyle of microbial communities, often enabling survivability and persistence of such bacteria. The objective of this study was to investigate the survival of the wild-type strain A-271 of Francisella tularensis subsp.
Christoph Schaudinn   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strengthening the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism to an alleged use of bioweapons through a quality-assured laboratory response

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
The cascade of innovations in biotechnology opens new pathways for biological warfare. The international laboratory network being developed under the UN Secretary-General’s Mechanism could provide vital evidence in case of an alleged biological attack.
Sandra Appelt   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primary glia cells from bank vole propagate multiple rodent-adapted scrapie prions

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Since the beginning prion research has been largely dependent on animal models for deciphering the disease, drug development or prion detection and quantification. Thereby, ethical as well as cost and labour-saving aspects call for alternatives in vitro.
Karla A. Schwenke   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Replication of cowpox virus in macrophages is dependent on the host range factor p28/N1R

open access: yesVirology Journal, 2021
Zoonotic orthopoxvirus infections continue to represent a threat to human health. The disease caused by distinct orthopoxviruses differs in terms of symptoms and severity, which may be explained by the unique repertoire of virus factors that modulate the
Daniel Bourquain   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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