Tularemia in the world by T. Yu. Kudryavtseva, A. N. Mokrievich

“…In the last years, 31 European countries as well as Turkey and Japan have begun to conduct mandatory registration of tularemia cases due to an opportunity of using the pathogen for bioterrorism. The geographical distribution of the main tularemia microbe phylogenetic populations and subpopulations is demonstrated. …”
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Design and implementation of a medical student hazardous materials response team: the Medical Student HazMat Team by Joshua Verson, Nicholas Dyga, Nestor Agbayani, Fred Serafin, Louis Hondros

“…Methods Twenty-eight first-year medical students participated in a simulated citywide bioterrorism disaster drill. Students were notified of the Code Orange via email, a pager system, and group SMS text message. …”
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Biosafety and biosecurity by Dongsheng Zhou, Hongbin Song, Jianwei Wang, Zhenjun Li, Shuai Xu, Xingzhao Ji, Xuexin Hou, Jianguo Xu

“…Keywords: Biosafety and biosecurity, Biotechnology, International cooperation, Infectious disease, Bioterrorism…”
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Real-Time Monitoring of a Botulinum Neurotoxin Using All-Carbon Nanotube-Based Field-Effect Transistor Devices by Nam Hee Lee, Seung-Hoon Nahm, Insung S. Choi

“…The possibility of exposure to botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), a powerful and potential bioterrorism agent, is considered to be ever increasing. …”
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Biological characteristics, biosafety prevention and control strategies for the 2022 multi-country outbreak of monkeypox by Chudan Liang, Jun Qian, Linna Liu

“…Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), which is a potential biological warfare agent of bioterrorism and poses the greatest threat to the world’s public biosafety and health after variola virus (VARV). …”
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Expression of Francisella pathogenicity island protein intracellular growth locus E (IglE) in mammalian cells is involved in intracellular trafficking, possibly through microtubule... by Takashi Shimizu, Shiho Otonari, Jin Suzuki, Akihiko Uda, Kenta Watanabe, Masahisa Watarai

“…Abstract Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of the infectious disease tularemia and is designated a category A bioterrorism agent. The type VI secretion system encoded by the Francisella pathogenicity island (FPI) is necessary for intracellular growth; however, the functions of FPI proteins are largely unknown. …”
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Ambient stable quantitative PCR reagents for the detection of Yersinia pestis. by Shi Qu, Qinghai Shi, Lei Zhou, Zhaobiao Guo, Dongsheng Zhou, Junhui Zhai, Ruifu Yang

“…BACKGROUND: Although assays for detecting Yersinia pestis using TaqMan probe-based real-time PCR have been developed for years, little is reported on room-temperature-stable PCR reagents, which will be invaluable for field epidemic surveillance, immediate response to public health emergencies, counter-bioterrorism investigation, etc. In this work, a set of real-time PCR reagents for rapid detection of Y. pestis was developed with extraordinary stability at 37 degrees C. …”
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Computational, statistical and graph-theoretical methods for disease mapping and cluster detection by Wieland, Shannon Christine

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21A.355J / STS.060J The Anthropology of Biology, Spring 2009 by Helmreich, Stefan

“…Although we examine such social concerns as bioterrorism, genetic modification, and cloning, this is not a class in bioethics, but rather an anthropological inquiry into how the substances and explanations of biology — increasingly cellular, molecular, genetic, and informatic — are changing, and with them broader ideas about the relationship between "nature" and "culture." …”
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The biosafety research road map: the search for evidence to support practices in human and veterinary laboratories by Blacksell, SD, Dhawan, S, Kusumoto, M, Le, KK, Summermatter, K, O'Keefe, J, Kozlovac, J, Almuhairi, SS, Sendow, I, Scheel, CM, Ahumibe, A, Masuku, ZM, Bennett, AM, Kojima, K, Harper, DR, Hamilton, K

“…Categories representing miscellaneous, respiratory, bioterrorism/zoonotic, and viral hemorrhagic fever pathogens were created within each group were selected for review. …”

Using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and electrochemically driven melting to discriminate Yersinia pestis from Y. pseudotuberculosis based on single nucleotide polymorphisms w... by Papadopoulou, E, Goodchild, S, Cleary, D, Weller, S, Gale, N, Stubberfield, M, Brown, T, Bartlett, P

“…The development of sensors for the detection of pathogen-specific DNA, including relevant species/strain level discrimination, is critical in molecular diagnostics with major impacts in areas such as bioterrorism and food safety. Herein, we use electrochemically driven denaturation assays monitored by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to target single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that distinguish DNA amplicons generated from Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, from the closely related species Y. pseudotuberculosis. …”

Between Scylla and Charybdis: reconciling competing data management demands in the life sciences by Bezuidenhout, L, Morrison, M

“…At the same time, twenty-first century states are increasingly concerned that this data could also be used for purposes of bioterrorism. There is thus a tension between the desire to promote the sharing of data, as encapsulated by the Open Data movement, and the desire to prevent this data from ‘falling into the wrong hands’ as represented by ‘dual use’ policies. …”

Molecular detection, identification and differentiation of Burkholderia pseudomallei by Aliyu, Rabiu Muhammad, Mohamed Mustapha, Noordin, Zakaria, Zunita, Bejo, Siti Khairani

“…They have recently gained a lot of interest from the research community and public health organisations because of their great potential to be used as an agent of bioterrorism. This has made the search for simple, rapid, accurate and the most definitive means of their detection, identification and discrimination very critical and necessary. …”
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Metabolic Profiling of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Emitted by the Pathogens Francisella tularensis and Bacillus anthracis in Liquid Culture by Kristen L. Reese, Amy Rasley, Julie R. Avila, A. Daniel Jones, Matthias Frank

“…Abstract We conducted comprehensive (untargeted) metabolic profiling of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted in culture by bacterial taxa Francisella tularensis (F. tularensis) subspecies novicida and Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis) Sterne, surrogates for potential bacterial bioterrorism agents, as well as selective measurements of VOCs from their fully virulent counterparts, F. tularensis subspecies tularensis strain SCHU S4 and B. anthracis Ames. …”
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Functional characterization of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica genotypes during tick cell and macrophage infections using a proteogenomic approach by Sara Doina Schütz, Sara Doina Schütz, Sara Doina Schütz, Maximilian Brackmann, Nicole Liechti, Michel Moser, Matthias Wittwer, Rémy Bruggmann

“…Ft is classified as a category A bioterrorism agent due to its low infectious dose, multiple modes of transmission, high infectivity and potential for airborne transmission and has become a global public health concern. …”
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Detection of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus anthracis-like spores in soil from state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Jacqueline RS Salgado, Leon Rabinovitch, Maria de Fátima dos S Gomes, Regina Celia da SB Allil, Marcelo Martins Werneck, Rafael B Rodrigues, Renata C Picão, Fernanda Baptista de Oliveira Luiz, Adriana M Vivoni

“…B. anthracis is classified as a Tier 1 bioterrorism agent by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention. …”
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Systems integration of biodefense omics data for analysis of pathogen-host interactions and identification of potential targets. by Peter B McGarvey, Hongzhan Huang, Raja Mazumder, Jian Zhang, Yongxing Chen, Chengdong Zhang, Stephen Cammer, Rebecca Will, Margie Odle, Bruno Sobral, Margaret Moore, Cathy H Wu

“…The NIAID (National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Biodefense Proteomics program aims to identify targets for potential vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics for agents of concern in bioterrorism, including bacterial, parasitic, and viral pathogens. …”
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Tales of mice and men: Natural History of Arenaviruses Cuentos de ratones y de hombres: Historia Natural de los Arenavirus by Juan D Rodas, Maria S Salvato

“…Nowadays, Arenaviruses are among the most feared viruses due to their potential as weapons for bioterrorism purposes. This potential is based on their increasing diversity and the fact that they are carried by rodentswhose biologic success compares only wit insects and humans. …”
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Highly Specific and Sensitive Detection of Yersinia pestis by Portable Cas12a-UPTLFA Platform by Yang You, Pingping Zhang, Gengshan Wu, Yafang Tan, Yong Zhao, Shiyang Cao, Yajun Song, Ruifu Yang, Zongmin Du

“…Due to high infectivity and mortality, as well as the potential to be misused as bioterrorism agent, a culture-free, ultrasensitive, specific, and rapid detection method for Y. pestis has long been desired. …”
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Long-term storage of C-141 reference strain of melioidosis agent (<i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i>) by E. A. Artemeva, L. A. Melnikova, A. P. Rodionov

“…Potential possibility of the agent introduction to the Russian Federation as well as the risk of malevolent use of this agent as a tool of bioterrorism dictates the need for storage of this pathogen in the microorganism collections to study its properties, develop and test diagnostic, detection and identification means. …”
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