scholarly journals Bacillus anthracis as a biological warfare agent: infection, diagnosis and countermeasures

2020 ◽  
Vol 121 (03) ◽  
pp. 175-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pohanka
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Anthracis ◽  
Biological Warfare ◽  
Biological Warfare Agent ◽  
Infection Diagnosis

Molecular modeling toward selective inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase from the biological warfare agent Bacillus anthracis

2015 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 63-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana O.S. Giacoppo ◽  
Daiana T. Mancini ◽  
Ana P. Guimarães ◽  
Arlan S. Gonçalves ◽  
Elaine F.F. da Cunha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Modeling ◽  
Bacillus Anthracis ◽  
Dihydrofolate Reductase ◽  
Biological Warfare ◽  
Selective Inhibitors ◽  
Biological Warfare Agent

scholarly journals Glanders: re-emergence of an ancient zoonosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Patricia Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Exponential Growth ◽  
First World War ◽  
Biological Warfare ◽  
World War ◽  
Biological Warfare Agent ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Global Spread ◽  
First World

Glanders, although known to be endemic in certain regions/countries of the Old and New Worlds for centuries, had been largely overlooked as a threat to equine and human health until the disease re-emerged in the Middle East in 2004. The exponential growth in international horse movements, both legal and illegal, mainly for performance purposes, has enhanced the risk of global spread of glanders in the Middle East and elsewhere. Ever since the First World War, the glanders bacillus has been recognised as a potential biological warfare agent.

Standoff lidar simulation for biological warfare agent detection, tracking, and classification

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Jönsson ◽  
Ove Steinvall ◽  
Ove Gustafsson ◽  
Fredrik Kullander ◽  
Per Jonsson
Keyword(s):  
Biological Warfare ◽  
Biological Warfare Agent

Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Warfare Agent: Poisoning, Diagnosis and Countermeasures

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 865-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Pohanka
Keyword(s):  
Botulinum Toxin ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
The Body ◽  
Biological Warfare ◽  
Actual Knowledge ◽  
Biological Warfare Agent ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Contaminated Food

Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum and some other relative species. It causes a lethal disease called botulism. It can enter the body via infections by Clostridium (e.g. wound and children botulism) or by direct contact with the toxin or eating contaminated food (food-borne botulism). Botulinum toxin is also considered as a relevant biological warfare agent with an expected high number of causalities when misused for bioterrorist or military purposes. The current paper surveys the actual knowledge about botulinum toxin pathogenesis, the manifestation of poisoning, and current trends in diagnostics and therapeutics. Relevant and recent literature is summarized in this paper.

Anthrax

2010 ◽  
pp. 783-788
Author(s):  
Arthur E. Brown ◽  
Thira Sirisanthana
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Anthracis ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
The Body ◽  
Biological Warfare ◽  
Gram Positive ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
The World ◽  
Herbivorous Mammals

Anthrax is primarily a disease of herbivorous mammals, caused by the Gram-positive rod Bacillus anthracis, which causes human infection when its spores enter the body, most commonly from handling infected animals or animal products. The disease occurs in most countries of the world, but not in those where the condition is controlled in livestock by vaccination programmes. Anthrax is a leading agent of biological warfare....

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