[Emerging or re-emerging infections that can be used for bioterrorism].
USED FOR WARFARE: Bioterrorism is a perfectly foreseeable eventuality. It is defined by the international use, or menace of use, of living organisms whatever their nature, or of substances derived from these organisms, aimed at provoking a disease or the death of human beings, animals or plants. UPDATED COUNTERACTING STRATEGIES: More than 180 infectious agents could be used for terrorist ends. The recent events in the dawn of this twenty-first century have reactivated and notably updated the strategies to counteract such an event. Clinical and therapeutic guidelines have been circulated in many countries. INFECTIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION: The role of practitioners in the rapid recognition of bioterrorism-related infections is crucial. Hence, updated knowledge on these potentially emerging or reemerging infections is required.
Bossi
Philippe
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Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. philippe.bossi@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
Guihot
Amélie
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Bricaire
François
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D000881:Anthrax / Q000517:prevention & control; D023482:Bioterrorism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001906:Botulism / Q000517:prevention & control; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D042726:Burkholderia mallei; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000517:prevention & control; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006482:Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D010819:Physician's Role; D010930:Plague / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011778:Q Fever / Q000517:prevention & control; D012899:Smallpox / Q000517:prevention & control