Search Results - "bioterrorism"
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Awareness and knowledge about bioterrorism among medical students at a University in Malaysia
Published 2016“…They have to recognize and initiate rapid response to acts of bioterrorism underlining the importance of awareness and preparedness for bioterrorism. …”
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The introduction of bioterrorism in Malaysia: A legal approach
Published 2012“…However, the threat of bioterrorism is real and it is growing.It continues to be a major challenge today and the possibility of bioterrorism is undeniable as it is increasingly defined globally as ‘not if, but when’.Therefore, this paper attempts to give a brief explanation on the threat of bioterrorism as to the emergence of infectious diseases and the legal history of international law on bioterrorism.The main objective of this paper is to fi nd out the need for bioterrorism law in Malaysian i.e. a legal approach.The study is a social legal research, which uses a qualitative approach.Thus, due to lack of materials and publications in Malaysia, in order to achieve the objectives, the methodology used was based on a semi structured interviews conducted with three respected experts in public health and security to explore the real situation in Malaysia.The authors found out that the fi nding of this study had established that an outbreak of infectious diseases can now be viewed as a threat that may result to bioterrorism if there is no preparation to handle it.…”
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Infectious disease and bioterrrorism: disaster to public health and security in Malaysia
Published 2016“…Thus, there must be a turning point in the consideration of public health issue in linking it with the security issue especially in the event of any possibility of bioterrorism to ensure a world safe and secure from any possibility of bioterrorism in the form of emerging infectious diseases (EID). …”
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The role of biosensors in the detection of emerging infectious diseases
Published 2006“…Global biosecurity threats such as the spread of emerging infectious diseases (i.e., avian influenza, SARS, Hendra, Nipah, etc.) and bioterrorism have generated significant interest in recent years. …”
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Modelling and Bayesian analysis of the Abakaliki smallpox data
Published 2017“…The data themselves continue to be of interest due to concerns about the possible re-emergence of smallpox as a bioterrorism weapon. We present the first full Bayesian statistical analysis using data-augmentation Markov chain Monte Carlo methods which avoid the need for likelihood approximations and which yield a wider range of results than previous analyses. …”
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A gene synthesis regime for Malaysia to emulate in securing future bioprinted vaccines
Published 2020“…This study has the objective of focusing on whether Malaysia regulates and conducts Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) sequence screening among gene synthesis companies which are meant for bioprinting vaccines that can be misused for bioterrorism. This study is qualitative. Gene synthesis guidelines from the United States (US), the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC), the Nuclear Threat Initiative-World Economic Forum (NTI-WEF) Biosecurity Innovation and Risk Reduction report were referred as examples for changes in Malaysia’s draft National Code of Conduct for Biosecurity [thereafter known as Code]. …”
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Gene microarray analyses of daboia russelli russelli daboiatoxin treatment of THP-1 human macrophages infected with burkholderia pseudomallei
Published 2015“…Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis and represents a potential bioterrorism threat. In this study, the transcriptomic responses of B. pseudomallei infection of a human macrophage cell model were investigated using whole-genome microarrays. …”
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Molecular detection, identification and differentiation of Burkholderia pseudomallei
Published 2016“…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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Studying novel sporulation genes in Clostridium sporogenes
Published 2020“…The class Clostridia consists of bacteria that are ubiquitous in nature, but are of high significance in various aspects of life, namely health, disease, food spoilage, biofuel production, bioterrorism and cancer therapy. Most of the clostridial species produce resilient spores, which ensure their survival under harsh environments up to several years in the form of dormant refractile bodies; and once they find favourable growth conditions, they germinate into their metabolically active forms. …”
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Burkholderia Pseudomallei secretory virulence factors: Identification and role in host-pathogen interactions / Kumutha Malar Vellasamy
Published 2013“…It poses a worldwide emerging infectious disease problem and a bioterrorism threat. Secreted products of B. pseudomallei have been identified as virulence factors. …”
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An ethical code of conduct for the non-proliferation of biological agents among Malaysian businesses
Published 2015“…At the same time, businesses in Malaysia have not gone so far as to initiate an ethical code of conduct to prevent biological agents from being proliferated for bioterrorism. Beneficence provides the ethical foundation for these relevant businesses to prevent bioterrorism. …”
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