Detection, biological warfare

Gooding JJ (2006) Biosensor technology for detecting biological warfare agents Recent progress and future trends. Anal Chim Acta 559 137-151... 

Based on the history of terrorist attacks, which have mostly involved hijacking and bombing of aircraft, current threat-detection measures have concentrated on detecting weapons or explosives. In the future, terrorist attacks could also involve the use of toxic chemicals, chemical and biological warfare agents, or even radiological and nuclear materials.1 2... 

Ivnitski, D. O Neil, D. J. Gattuso, A. Schlicht, R. Calidonna, M. Fisher, R. Nucleic acid approaches for detection and identification of biological warfare and infectious disease agents. BioTechniques 2003,35, 862-869. 

The Block II chemical biological mass spectrometer (CBMS II) is the most recent version in an evolution of fieldable mass spectrometer systems designed for military detection and identification of chemical and biological warfare agents (CWA and BWA, respectively). It builds on the experience and performance of previous versions and employs the latest advances in the components that comprise the system. Two of these predecessors in particular have made important contributions to this development, the mobile mass spectrometer (MM-1) and the Block I chemical biological mass spectrometer (CBMS I). 

In addition to the immunochromatographic assays, another system used by the Allies during Desert Storm for the detection of biological warfare agents was the Light Addressable Potentiometric System (LAPS) produced by Molecular Devices (Sunnyvale, CA)19. The LAPS detected toxins and... 

Walt, D.R., Franz, D.R., Biological warfare detection, Anal. Chem. 2000 738 A-746-757. 

Smart Air Sampling System (SASS) The SASS is an air sampler designed to collect and concentrate biological aerosols into a liquid media for subsequent analysis. The collected liquid sample is then provided to a bio-detection field device to determine whether biological warfare agents are present. The SASS can take a 5-7cc sample in ten minutes, and is battery-operated for up to eight hours. 

Biological Warfare Detection, David R. Walt and David R. Franz, Anal. Chem., 2000 72(23) pp. 738 A-746 A. 

Song, L., Ahn, S., and Walt, D. R. (2006). Fiber-optic microsphere-based arrays for multiplexed biological warfare agent detection. Anal. Chem. 78,1023-1033. 

Boiarski, A.A., Bowen, G.W., Durnford, J., Kenny, D.V. and Shaw, M.J., State-of-the-Art Report on Biological Warfare Agent Detection Technologies (Rep. No. SP0900-94-D-0002), Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center, Ft. Belvoir, 1995. 

Jasmin Shah, E. W. (2003), Electrochemical biosensors for detection of biological warfare agents. Electroanalysis, 15 157-167. 

Seto, Y., Maruko, H., Sekiguchi, H., Sano, Y., Yamashiro, S., Matsushita, K., Sekiguchi, H., Itoi, T., lura, K., Kanamori-Kataoka, M., Tsuge, K., Ohsawa, I. (2007). Development of an on-site detection method for chemical and biological warfare agents. J. Toxicol. Toxin Rev. 26 299-312. 

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