SURVEY OF LIST OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS (HUMAN PATHOGENS) RELATED TO THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

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KARAMI A.

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Journal: Journal of Military Medicine Year:2005 | Volume:7 | Issue:1 Page(s): 83-93

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SURVEY OF LIST OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS (HUMAN PATHOGENS) RELATED TO THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

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KARAMI A. | Issue Writer Certificate

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BIOLOGICAL AGENTSQ4

BWC CONVENTIONQ4

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONQ4

Abstract

Development and proliferation of conventional weapons has made it necessary to strengthen the international treaties for preventing the production, development and use of weapons such as chemical, nuclear and ballistic missiles. The development and use of unconventional weapons, such as weapons of mass destruction, in the past two decades have raised real concerns to legal, technical and medical terms. For these reasons, the chemical weapons convention was ratified in 1996, and its organization is still active. On of the most dangerous kinds of weapons of mass destruction are biological or microbial agents. The Geneva protocol of 1925 and BW convention of 1975 were ratified to prevent the production and development of these weapons. But by global advancement in biology, microbiology, biotechnology and genetic engineering, there have been novel innovations in industrial applications of microorganisms, hence the real need to prepare certain criteria to develop a list of agents along the same lines of the goals of the convention on biological weapons. On the other hand, the production and development of biological weapons and their application in military conflicts, bioterrorism, agroterrorism and ecoterrorism and the danger of the development of new agents is now a major threat against world security. Pandemics and epidemics of new infectious diseases like SARS, birds Flu, human monkey pox, Rift valley fever, and emerging and reemerging infectious agents are a new challenge for the medical and health communities. These threats necessitate the implementation of national biosafety and biosecurity measures in laboratories, research and industrial centers working with the listed agents. There has also been a call for an international code of conduct for scientists; this is the subject of discussion in the 2005 BWC meetings. Due to a lack of international or regional consensus on the list of BIOLOGICAL AGENTS and toxin agents, it is crucial to study how to prepare a list of agents so that it can be used as a reference at national or international levels.In this study, we compare different lists available with agreed criteria with a view on devising a list of BIOLOGICAL AGENTS and toxins as human pathogens for national or regional applications relevant to biological weapons convention. Nonetheless, due to geographical and environmental differences and epidemiology of infectious diseases, it will not be easy to make a single list for international applications. We, therefore, propose that national and regional lists be prepared.

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KARAMI, A.. (2005). SURVEY OF LIST OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS (HUMAN PATHOGENS) RELATED TO THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION. JOURNAL OF MILITARY MEDICINE, 7(1), 83-93. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/62009/en

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KARAMI A.. SURVEY OF LIST OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS (HUMAN PATHOGENS) RELATED TO THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION. JOURNAL OF MILITARY MEDICINE[Internet]. 2005;7(1):83-93. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/62009/en

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A. KARAMI, “SURVEY OF LIST OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS (HUMAN PATHOGENS) RELATED TO THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION,” JOURNAL OF MILITARY MEDICINE, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 83–93, 2005, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/62009/en

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