Biodefense

Ishikawa F, Miyazak S (2005) New biodefense strategies by neutrophils. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 53(3) 226-233... 

Emanuel P.A., Biosecurity and bioterrorism. Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 2003,1 131-137. 

Hackett, C.J., Innate immune activation as a broad-spectrum biodefense strategy prospects and research challenges, J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., 112, 686, 2003. 

Amlie-Lefond, C. et al., Innate immunity for biodefense a strategy whose time has come, J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., 116, 1334, 2005. 

R. R. Drake, Y. Deng, E. Ellen Schwegler, and S. Gravenstein. Proteomics for Biodefense Applications Progress and Opportunities. Expert Rev. Proteomics, 2(2005) 203-213. 

The Sunshine Project (http //www hammond sunshine-project.org P.O. Box 41987, Austin, Texas 78704) keeps track of biological containment labs in the United States. This group published a listing of High Containment Labs and Other Facilities of the US Biodefense Program in November of 2004 (biological containment labs 3 and 4 not known to be heavily dedicated to bio-defense are not indicated on the listing). 

This listing is derived from public sources and provides the most up-to-date information available as of November 4,2004 it is a rolling list subject to frequent revision.) Credit The Sunshine Project, at http //www.Sunshine-project.org/biodefense. 

Information about clinical diagnosis and management can be found elsewhere.1-9 Additional information about responding to bioterrorism is available from CDC at http // www.bt.cdc.gov the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at http // www.usamriid.army.mil/education/bluebook.html the Association for Infection Control Practitioners at http //www.apic.org and the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense at http //www.hopkins-biodefense.org. 

HSPD - 10 Biodefense for the Twenty-first Century. Provides a comprehensive framework for our nation s biodefense. 

The cornea is the transparent frontal part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber and acts as a part of our visualization system by being the gateway for the external images into back of the eye (Figure 12.1). Furthermore, the cornea provides a refractive function and forms a mechanically tough and chemically impermeable barrier between the eye and environment. Additionally, the cornea also is a part of the ocular biodefense system. 

Several recent examples demonstrate that when there is sufficient political concern, money and innovation will flow. The SARS outbreak in 2003 led to unprecedented international cooperation and a tremendous marshaling of resources to cope with this new threat. In a matter of weeks, scientists had sequenced the virus, and through successful public and private cooperation, a diagnostic kit was rapidly developed and deployed. Similarly, the anthrax scare in the U.S. in 2001 led biodefense research spending at the U.S. NIH to increase from US 53 million in 2001 to US 1.6 billion in 2004. 

RCBPR Resource Center for Biodefense Proteomics Research Proteomics and host-pathogen interactions for biodefense-related microorganisms (http //pir.ge orgetown.edu/pirwww/proteomics /)... 

Hodge, J., Brown, E., O Connell, J. (2004). The HIPAA Privacy Rule and hioterrorism planning, prevention, and response. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 2(2), 75. 

Arnon, S. S., Schechter, R., Inglesby, T. V., Henderson, D. A., Bartlett, J. G., Ascher, M. S., et al. for the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense. (2001). Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon Medical and public health management. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285, 1059-1070. 

Biodefense. (2001). Tularemia as a biological weapon Medical and public bealtb management. Journal of the American. Medical Assocation, 285, 2763-2773. 

BSL-4 precautions are necessary when handling specimens from patients suspected of VHP infection. Every effort should be made to ensure that specimens from these patients are secured and properly sealed for transportation to laboratories with the capability for VHP diagnosis. In their analysis of VHP as a biological weapon, the Working Group for Civilian Biodefense... 

The program objectives are also consistent with the Association of Academic Health Centers proposal presented to the Association of Academic Health Centers Biodefense Council in November of 2002. This proposal called for the establishment of a national network of... 

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