Epidemiological modeling of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) transmission in Jakarta, Indonesia through cumulative generating operator on SLIR model
December 2023
Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) constitutes a significant global health concern characterized by its high infection rates and widespread distribution worldwide. While influenza viruses, primarily types...
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Recurrent West Nile virus outbreak in the United States in 2022: Current challenges and recommendations
December 2023
West Nile virus (WNV) has afflicted various countries around the world, affecting not only humans but also non-human animals, such as horses and birds. WNV is an arbovirus that is transmitted to humans...
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Dual-Use Oversight: Is the Scientific Community Fit for Purpose? What Should Be Done if it is Not?
Available online 17 November 2023
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Physico-chemical quality of ashes post-incineration and waste from laboratory automaton biochemistry, hematology and serology in Togo
September 2023
Biochemistry, hematology and serology laboratories produce very heterogeneous discharges capable of polluting water, soil and the environment. The aim of this study is to evaluate the physico-chemical...
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Allelic and genotypic analysis of the ACE I/D polymorphism for the possible prediction of COVID-19-related mortality and morbidity in Jordanian Arabs
September 2023
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has rapidly spread worldwide, posing a global medical concern. This novel RNA virus enters cells by binding to angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2)...
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COVID’s future: Viral multi-lineage evolution and the dynamics of small epidemic waves without seasonality in COVID-19
September 2023
Since its emergence, SARS-CoV-2 virus, the causative agent of COVID-19, has undergone over three years of evolutionary changes. Throughout this evolutionary process, multiple variants, such as Alpha,...
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Rethinking biosecurity in the 21st century: An enhanced role for civil society
September 2023
In this paper, we briefly discuss the historical issues concerning the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) and analyse the current situation after the COVID-19 pandemic with emphasis on the...
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Strengthening the cross-cutting issue of the biological weapons convention in Pakistan
September 2023
Development and sharing of model approaches to national science policies can enable States Parties to effectively raise awareness about the security dimensions of life science research and to promote...
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Comparison of the binding energies of approved mpox drugs and phytochemicals through molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, and ADMET studies: An in silico approach
September 2023
•The binding affinity of Tecovirimat, Brincidofovir, Cidofovir against the mpox protein was examined in silico through molecular docking.•The binding affinity of such drugs/mAbs was compared with the...
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Ethical framework on risk governance of synthetic biology
June 2023
Synthetic biology is an emerging multidisciplinary field that aims to design and construct new biological systems not found in nature. Whereas synthetic biology may yield tremendous benefits, it may...
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Outbreak of an emerging zoonotic Nipah virus: An emerging concern
June 2023
The Nipah virus (NiV) infection is one of the newly emerging deadly zoonotic diseases which carries a significant weightage of mortality among its victims. Due to the relatively recent history of its...
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Epidemiological and comparative genomic analyses of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii collected between 2020 and 2022 in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, China
June 2023
The emergence and prevalence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MRAB) poses a huge challenge to clinical treatment. To investigate the genetic and epidemiologic characteristics of MRAB...
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The potential epidemic threat of Ebola virus and the development of a preventive vaccine
June 2023
Ebola virus (EBOV) is classified as a category A pathogen as it causes viral hemorrhagic fever, one of the most-deadly virus-related diseases. Since its discovery in 1976, EBOV has caused a number of...
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Mobile biosafety level (BSL) 2 laboratories deployment: Strengthening the diagnostic facilities in Pakistan with emerging public health challenges and the way forward
June 2023
Availability of mobile laboratories can facilitate rapid on-spot detection of pathogens, monitor its presence in certain populations and inform health authorities to take immediate remedial measures....
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Efficiency of surface inactivation disinfectants for bacteria studied in an aquaculture microbiology laboratory
June 2023
Routine microbial inactivation procedures used in microbiology laboratories must be verified. In this study, the efficacy of surface disinfection using 70% Isopropanol, 0.45% Presept, and 1% Virkon...
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Human genome editing after the “CRISPR babies”: The double-pacing problem and collaborative governance
March 2023
How to ensure the safe, effective, and ethical use of emerging biotechnologies, such as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genome editing, is a global challenge....
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Potential threat of human pathogenic orthopoxviruses to public health and control strategies
March 2023
Orthopoxviruses (OPXVs) belong to a group of nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses. Human pathogenic OPXVs (hpOPXVs) include at least five viruses, among which smallpox virus and monkeypox virus are...
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Applications of the One Health concept: Current status in the Middle East
March 2023
•The concept of One Health is one of the most important topics of modern health that the world seeks to apply.•Manitaining and enhancing human, plant, and animal health from the aspect of One Health.•The...
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Evolutionary analysis of Omicron variant BF.7 and BA.5.2 pandemic in China
March 2023
On December 7, 2022, China adjusted public health control measures, there have been widespread of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Chinese mainland. As the number of infected people increased, the mutation...
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A simple and effective aerosol pathogen disinfection test for a flowing air disinfector
March 2023
Aerosol transmission is an important disease transmission route and has been especially pertinent to hospital and biosafety laboratories during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The thermal resistance of airborne...
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Study on the COVID-19 epidemic in mainland China between November 2022 and January 2023, with prediction of its tendency
March 2023
The prediction system EpiSIX was used to study the COVID-19 epidemic in mainland China between November 2022 and January 2023, based on reported data from December 9, 2022, to January 30, 2023, released...
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Coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic prediction in Shanghai under the “dynamic zero-COVID policy” using time-dependent SEAIQR model
December 2022
It’s urgently needed to assess the COVID-19 epidemic under the “dynamic zero-COVID policy” in China, which provides a scientific basis for evaluating the effectiveness of this strategy in COVID-19 control....
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Smart heightened-containment biological laboratory: Technologies, modules, and aims
December 2022
The sHCBL mainly comprises a smart management system with human brain functions to achieve 10 functional modules through a number of information technologies and to connect with practical applicati...
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2021–2022 monitoring, early warning, and forecasting of global infectious diseases
December 2022
COVID-19 has had a considerable impact on society since 2019, and the disease has high mortality and infection rates. There has been a particular focus on how to best manage COVID-19 and how to analyze...
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