Confronting the threat of bioterrorism: realities, challenges, and defensive strategies

MS Green, J LeDuc, D Cohen… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Global terrorism is a rapidly growing threat to world security, and increases the risk of
bioterrorism. In this Review, we discuss the potential threat of bioterrorism, agents that could …

Disaster preparedness: biological threats and treatment options

N Narayanan, CR Lacy, JE Cruz… - … : The journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biological disasters can be natural, accidental, or intentional. Biological threats have made a
lasting impact on civilization. This review focuses on agents of clinical significance …

British HIV Association guidelines on the use of vaccines in HIV-positive adults 2015

AM Geretti, G Brook, C Cameron, D Chadwick… - HIV …, 2016 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
These guidelines provide updated, GRADE-based recommendations on the use of vaccines
in HIVpositive adults. Several factors have made the updating of HIV-specific vaccination …

Emerging infectious diseases, focus on infection prevention, environmental survival and germicide susceptibility: SARS-CoV-2, mpox, and Candida auris

DJ Weber, WA Rutala, E Sickbert-Bennett - American Journal of Infection …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background New and emerging infectious diseases continue to represent a public health
threat. Emerging infectious disease threats include pathogens increasing in range (eg …

Global catastrophic biological risks: toward a working definition

M Schoch-Spana, A Cicero, A Adalja, G Gronvall… - Health …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security is working to analyze and deepen scientific
dialogue regarding potential global catastrophic biological risks (GCBRs), in a continuation …

Mortality, material deprivation and urbanization: exploring the social patterns of a metropolitan area

P Santana, C Costa, M Marí-Dell'Olmo… - International journal for …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Socioeconomic inequalities affecting health are of major importance in Europe.
The literature enhances the role of social determinants of health, such as socioeconomic …

Obiltoxaximab prevents disseminated Bacillus anthracis infection and improves survival during pre-and postexposure prophylaxis in animal models of inhalational …

BJ Yamamoto, AM Shadiack, S Carpenter… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend adjunctive
antitoxins when systemic anthrax is suspected. Obiltoxaximab, a monoclonal antibody …

[HTML][HTML] Deliberate release: Plague–A review

I Ansari, G Grier, M Byers - Journal of biosafety and biosecurity, 2020 - Elsevier
Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague and is considered one of the most likely
pathogens to be used as a bioweapon. In humans, plague is a severe clinical infection that …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-safety and bio-security: A major global concern for ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

SA Al Shehri, AM Al-Sulaiman, S Azmi… - Saudi journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Besides its impacts on governance, economics, human culture, geostrategic partnership and
environment, globalization greatly exerted control over science and security policies …

Triage algorithms for mass-casualty bioterrorism: a systematic review

F Zhao, C Zhao, S Bai, L Yao, Y Zhang - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Objectives: To understand existing triage algorithms, propose improvement measures
through comparison to better deal with mass-casualty incidents caused by bioterrorism …