Channel: ☣ Bioterrorism and biological weapons (⚫ Dark bio)

Dark Biotechnology, although not a positive aspect, refers to the realms of bioterrorism and the development of biological weapons. It's not a field actively pursued for beneficial purposes and stands as a cautionary aspect of biotechnological advancements. ChatGPT (CC BY 4.0)

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2023 Articles

961 articles

Letter to the Editor: Knowledge gap in assessing the risk of a human pandemic via mammals’ infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1)

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Stricter US guidelines for ‘gain-of-function’ research are on the way – maybe

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Triage Algorithms for Mass-Casualty Bioterrorism: A Systematic Review

  • Feida Zhao, Chao Zhao, Song Bai, …, Song Bai, Lulu Yao, Yongzhong Zhang
  • Int J Environ Res Public Health, 10.3390/ijerph20065070
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Modeling on the Effects of Deliberate Release of Aerosolized Inhalational Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax) on an Australian Population

  • Valentina Costantino, Prateek Bahl, Con Doolan, …, Xin Chen, Samsung Lim, Chandini Raina MacIntyre
  • Health Secur, 10.1089/hs.2022.0100
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Vaxxing to elimination: smallpox vaccines as tools to fight mpox

  • Boghuma K Titanji, Vincent C Marconi, Boghuma K Titanji, …, Vincent C Marconi, Boghuma K Titanji, Vincent C Marconi
  • J Clin Invest, 10.1172/jci167632
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Ocular manifestations: A novel association of Monkeypox virus outbreak in 2022

  • Muhammad Sharjeel Alam, Laiba Shakeel, Hassan Ul Hussain, …, Hassan Ul Hussain, Syeda Tayyaba Rehan, Hassan Mumtaz
  • J Infect Public Health, 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.02.001
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Charting the spatial dynamics of early SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Washington state

  • Tobias S Brett, Shweta Bansal, Pejman Rohani, …, Tobias S Brett, Shweta Bansal, Pejman Rohani
  • PLoS Comput Biol, 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011263
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A systematic review to identify novel clinical characteristics of monkeypox virus infection and therapeutic and preventive strategies to combat the virus

  • Mohan Krishna Ghanta, Krishna Chaitanya Amerneni, Padmavathi Rajakarunakaran, …, Madhu Bhargavi Chandra, Madhavrao Chavan, Rupesh Gupta
  • Arch Virol, 10.1007/s00705-023-05808-4
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New Genotype of Coxiella burnetii Causing Epizootic Q Fever Outbreak in Rodents, Northern Senegal

  • Joa Mangombi-Pambou, Laurent Granjon, Clément Labarrere, …, Jérémy Delerce, Florence Fenollar, Oleg Mediannikov
  • Emerg Infect Dis, 10.3201/eid2905.221034
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Tracking Epidemics With Google Flu Trends Data and a State-Space SEIR Model

  • Vanja Dukic, Hedibert F Lopes, Nicholas G Polson, …, Vanja Dukic, Hedibert F Lopes, Nicholas G Polson
  • None, 10.1080/01621459.2012.713876
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2022 Articles

129 articles

State Public Health Emergency Powers in Response to COVID-19

  • James G Hodge, Lauren T Dunning, Jennifer L Piatt, …, James G Hodge, Lauren T Dunning, Jennifer L Piatt
  • Am J Public Health, 10.2105/ajph.2022.307158
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Optimization of Vaccination Clinics to Improve Staffing Decisions for COVID-19: A Time-Motion Study

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Monkeypox: Is the ‘vacated niche’ being filled?

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Rapid reconfiguration of sexual health services in response to UK autochthonous transmission of mpox (monkeypox)

  • Molly Dickinson, Nicklas Brown, Nicolo Girometti, …, Nabeela Mughal, Ruth Byrne, Rachael Jones
  • Sex Transm Infect, 10.1136/sextrans-2022-055558
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Human Monkeypox: An Emerging Zoonosis

  • Janhvi Giradkar, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Janhvi Giradkar, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib
  • None, 10.7759/cureus.31736
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Potentially Asymptomatic Infection of Monkeypox Virus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Prakasini Satapathy, Parimala Mohanty, Subhanwita Manna, …, Bijaya Kumar Padhi, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales, Ranjit Sah
  • None, 10.3390/vaccines10122083
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Monkeypox in Montréal: Epidemiology, Phylogenomics, and Public Health Response to a Large North American Outbreak

  • Luke B Harrison, Geneviève Bergeron, Geneviève Cadieux, …, Morag Graham, Marina B Klein, Sapha Barkati
  • Ann Intern Med, 10.7326/m22-2699
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Plague Meningitis: A Systematic Review of Clinical Course, Antimicrobial Treatment, and Outcomes

  • Katharine M Cooley, Shannon Fleck-Derderian, David W McCormick, …, Shannon Fleck-Derderian, David W McCormick, Christina A Nelson
  • Health Secur, 10.1089/hs.2022.0081
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Pathologic and Immunohistochemical Evidence of Possible Francisellaceae among Aborted Ovine Fetuses, Uruguay

  • Federico Giannitti, Matías A Dorsch, Carlos O Schild, …, Karen Sverlow, Aníbal G Armién, Franklin Riet-Correa
  • Emerg Infect Dis, 10.3201/eid2901.220698
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Characteristics and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in children: a hospital-based surveillance study in Latin America’s hardest-hit city

  • Daniel Jarovsky, Giuliana de Freitas Fongaro, Renata Mazzotti Zampol, …, Francisco Ivanildo de Oliveira, Flávia Jacqueline Almeida, Marco Aurélio Palazzi Sáfadi
  • None, 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.12.003
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