An Electrochemical Approach to Follow and Evaluate the Kinetic Catalysis of Ricin on hsDNA by George Oliveira, José Maurício Schneedorf

“…International authorities classify the ricin toxin, present in castor seeds, as a potential agent for use in bioterrorism. Therefore, the detection, identification, and characterization of ricin are considered the first actions for its risk assessment during a suspected exposure, parallel to the development of therapeutic and medical countermeasures. …”
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Q Fever Vaccine Development: Current Strategies and Future Considerations by Carrie Mae Long

“…Due to the aerosol transmissibility, environmental persistence, and infectivity of <i>C. burnetii</i>, this pathogen is a notable bioterrorism threat. Despite extensive efforts to develop next-generation human Q fever vaccines, only one vaccine, Q-Vax®, is commercially available. …”
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Oculocutaneous anthrax: detection and treatment by Sarada David, Jayanthi Peter, Renu Raju, et al

“…Sarada David1, Jayanthi Peter1, Renu Raju2, P Padmaja2, Promila Mohanraj21Department of Ophthalmology, Schell Eye Hospital, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India; 2Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, IndiaAbstract: Anthrax, a zoonotic disease that primarily affects herbivores, has received recent attention as a potential agent of bioterrorism. We report a patient who presented with a 4-day history of pain, watering and difficulty in opening the left upper and lower eyelids, and fever. …”
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Rift Valley Fever and a New Paradigm of Research and Development for Zoonotic Disease Control by Osman Dar, Sabrina McIntyre, Sue Hogarth, David Heymann

“…We also discuss the mixed global response, which has largely been fueled by the classification of the virus as a potential bioterrorism agent and its potential to migrate beyond its traditional eastern African boundaries. …”
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Fatal Infectious Disease Surveillance in a Medical Examiner Database by Mitchell I. Wolfe, Kurt B. Nolte, Steven S. Yoon

“…Increasing infectious disease deaths, the emergence of new infections, and bioterrorism have made surveillance for infectious diseases a public health concern. …”
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Multiplex Immunoassay Techniques for On-Site Detection of Security Sensitive Toxins by Christopher Pöhlmann, Thomas Elßner

“…Due to their physical and logistical properties, biological toxins are very attractive to terrorists for use in acts of bioterrorism. Therefore, among the group of biological toxins, several are categorized as security relevant, e.g., botulinum neurotoxins, staphylococcal enterotoxins, abrin, ricin or saxitoxin. …”
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Coxiella burnetii Genotyping by Olga Glazunova, Véronique Roux, Olga Freylikman, Zuzana Sekeyova, Ghislain Fournous, Judith Tyczka, Nikolai Tokarevich, Elena Kovacova, Thomas J. Marrie, Didier Raoult

“…Coxiella burnetii is a strict intracellular bacterium with potential as a bioterrorism agent. To characterize different isolates of C. burnetii at the molecular level, we performed multispacer sequence typing (MST). …”
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The use of colorimetric sensor arrays to discriminate between pathogenic bacteria. by Claire L Lonsdale, Brian Taba, Nuria Queralto, Roman A Lukaszewski, Raymond A Martino, Paul A Rhodes, Sung H Lim

“…A colorimetric sensor array is a high-dimensional chemical sensor that is cheap, compact, disposable, robust, and easy to operate, making it a good candidate technology to detect pathogenic bacteria, especially potential bioterrorism agents like Yersinia pestis and Bacillus anthracis which feature on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's list of potential biothreats. …”
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Biological Threats of the American Occupation of the Quds Regime and Providing an Appropriate Solution to these Threats in Iran by Reza Eskandary sedighi

“…In this paper, we have tried to explain the threats and their consequences by using library resources in the first step of bioterrorism and in the next step to provide appropriate solutions in order to prepare for national threats and internal security . …”
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BOG: R-package for Bacterium and virus analysis of Orthologous Groups by Jincheol Park, Cenny Taslim, Shili Lin

“…This would contribute to the detection of pathogens, an important scientific research area of relevance in uncovering bioterrorism, among others. Particular statistical analyses include hypergeometric, Mann–Whitney rank sum, and gene set enrichment. …”
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Overview of the CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory by John Lowenthal

“…The risk of pandemics and bioterrorism threats is ever present and growing, but our ability to combat them is limited by the lack of available vaccines, therapeutics and rapid diagnostics. …”
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Emerging Infectious Diseases: a 10-Year Perspective from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases by Anthony S. Fauci, Nancy A. Touchette, Gregory K. Folkers

“…Although optimists once imagined that serious infectious disease threats would by now be conquered, newly emerging (e.g., severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS]), reemerging (e.g., West Nile virus), and even deliberately disseminated infectious diseases (e.g., anthrax bioterrorism) continue to appear throughout the world. …”
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An Analysis of Biological Attack in International Law (with deference to the Islamic approach) by moslem maleki

“…Biological terrorism (bioterrorism) against individuals may cause death, disease, weakness and panic in a society, cause social disruption and become a threat to international peace, security, and public order. …”
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Smallpox - past or not past? by Kuljić-Kapulica Nada

“…The possibility of future bioterrorism attacks, which may cause a new outbreak of smallpox and return variola, is very serious. …”
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Surface plasmon resonance imaging of glycoarrays identifies novel and unnatural carbohydrate-based ligands for potential ricin sensor development by Fais, M, Karamanska, R, Allman, S, Fairhurst, SA, Innocenti, P, Fairbanks, A, Donohoe, T, Davis, B, Russell, D, Field, R

“…Herein we demonstrate the use of SPR imaging (SPRi) of glycoarrays to assess the ligand specificity of the reputedly galactose-specific plant lectin RCA 120 (Ricinus communis agglutinin 120), a surrogate for the bioterrorism agent ricin. Glycoarray studies identified RCA 120 ligands based on galactose substituted at the 6-position with sialic acid. …”

Acoustofluidic device for acoustic capture of Bacillus anthracis spore analogues at low concentration by Plazonic, F, Fisher, A, Carugo, D, Hill, M, Glynne-Jones, P

“…BG spores form an important laboratory analog for the Bacillus anthracis spores, a serious health and bioterrorism risk. Existing systems for spore detection have limitations on detection time and detection that will benefit from the combination with this technology. …”

Evaluation of a latex agglutination assay for the identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei. by Duval, B, Elrod, MG, Gee, J, Chantratita, N, Tandhavanant, S, Limmathurotsakul, D, Hoffmaster, A

“…Cases of melioidosis and glanders are rare in the United States, but the etiologic agents of each disease (Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei, respectively) are classified as Tier 1 select agents because of concerns about their potential use as bioterrorism agents. A rapid, highly sensitive, and portable assay for clinical laboratories and field use is required. …”

Atomic Structure of IglD Demonstrates Its Role as a Component of the Baseplate Complex of the Francisella Type VI Secretion System by Xiaoyu Liu, Daniel L. Clemens, Bai-Yu Lee, Xue Yang, Z. Hong Zhou, Marcus A. Horwitz

“…ABSTRACT Francisella tularensis, a Tier 1 select agent of bioterrorism, contains a type VI secretion system (T6SS) encoded within the Francisella pathogenicity island (FPI), which is critical for its pathogenesis. …”
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Non-Human Primate Models of Orthopoxvirus Infections by Anne Schmitt, Kerstin Mätz-Rensing, Franz-Josef Kaup

“…Additionally, potential abuse of Variola virus (VARV), the causative agent of smallpox, or monkeypox virus, as agents of bioterrorism, has renewed interest in development of antiviral therapeutics and of safer vaccines. …”
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Multigeneration Cross-Contamination of Mail with Bacillus anthracis Spores. by Jason Edmonds, H D Alan Lindquist, Jonathan Sabol, Kenneth Martinez, Sean Shadomy, Tyler Cymet, Peter Emanuel

“…The release of biological agents, including those which could be used in biowarfare or bioterrorism in large urban areas, has been a concern for governments for nearly three decades. …”
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