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MICROBIAL PATHOGEN [3 records]

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Record 1 2021-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Viral Diseases
DEF

The virus that causes COVID-19.

CONT

In late December 2019, patients presenting with viral pneumonia due to an unidentified microbial agent were reported in Wuhan, China. A novel coronavirus was subsequently identified as the causative pathogen, provisionally named 2019 novel coronavirus(2019-nCoV).

OBS

severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SARS-CoV-2: [designations] assigned by the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies virales
DEF

Virus responsable de la COVID-19.

OBS

coronavirus 2 du syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère; SARS-CoV-2 : [désignations] retenues par le Comité international de taxonomie des virus (ICTV) et par l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS).

OBS

SARS-CoV-2 : [Sigle] à privilégier pour faciliter l'accès à l'information et diminuer les risques de confusion dans les communications à l'échelle internationale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Enfermedades víricas
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Record 2 2011-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Epidemiology
DEF

... a scientific discipline dedicated to analysing evidence from a bioterrorism act, biocrime, or inadvertent microorganism [OR] toxin release for attribution purposes.

CONT

Microbial forensics combines principles of public health epidemiology and law enforcement to identify patterns in a disease outbreak, determine which pathogen may be involved, and trace the organism to its source.

CONT

Bioforensics, which is sometimes referred to as microbial forensics, or as forensic microbiology, is a developing interdisciplinary field of microbiology devoted to the development, assessment, and validation of methods for fully characterizing microbial samples for the ultimate purpose of high-confidence comparative analyses. It supports attribution investigations involving pathogens or toxins of biological origin used in a biological attack.

OBS

... the ultimate goal of attribution is identification of the persons who committed the bioterrorist act or biocrime, intentionally or inadvertently. In addition to microbiological analytical tools, traditional forensic analyses, such as human DNA analysis, dermatoglyphic patterns, analytical chemistry, tool marks, and other techniques will be used to analyze a bioterrorist event or biocrime evidence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

La microbiologie médicolégale est une discipline scientifique relativement récente qui consiste à analyser les données microbiologiques afin d'identifier les coupables d'un crime. Elle se fonde sur la microbiologie et l'épidémiologie classiques, mais dans un cadre juridique.

Key term(s)
  • microbiologie médico-légale

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • CBRNE Operations
CONT

Point detection refers to testing a sample that has been taken directly from the environment suspected of harboring the target agent. Needs in this regard include not only investigation of suspected sources of contamination but also monitoring the air/water systems in buildings for general pathogen contamination or contamination by specific biological agents. In point detection as in stand-off detection, many situations will demand neither exceptional sensitivity nor exceptional specificity. Assessment of the total microbial content may be sufficient to determine contamination and alert personnel to danger.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Opérations CBRNE

Spanish

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