Viruses
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Since Dmitri Ivanovsky's 1892 article describing a non-bacterial pathogen infecting tobacco plants and the discovery of the tobacco mosaic virus by Martinus Beijerinck in 1898, more than 6,000 virus species have been described in detail of the millions of types of viruses in the environment. Viruses are found in almost every ecosystem on Earth and are the most numerous type of biological entity. The study of …
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RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 4 October 2024 English
COMMENTARY The Working Group on the Strengthening of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) met for the fourth time in Geneva in August 2024. [...] In addition to Britain submitting examples …
experiments, including deliberate infection with deadly viruses to gauge response”. The US Department of State …
The South Centre · 3 October 2024 English
the genetic from the utilisation of DSI, taking into account the sequence data (GSD) of influenza viruses with pandemic recommendations of an access and benefit-sharing potential under the Pandemic In. [ …
into account the sequence data (GSD) of influenza viruses with pandemic recommendations of an access and …
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English
Biomedical wastes may contain harmful bacteria, viruses or radioactive substances. Sharps, such as needles …
GFATM: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria · 3 October 2024 English
Over the last two decades, the impact achieved The study found that: by the Global Fund partnership has led to dramatic improvements in life expectancy in many of the • …
Antimicrobial resistance: AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial … provides a community-wide picture of bacteria and viruses – and reveals health hazards well before they begin …
EU: European Union · 2 October 2024 English
cultivation of pathogenic 'micro-organisms' or viruses, or capable of toxin production, without the propagation …
EU: European Union · 30 September 2024 English
This report identifies the challenges and outlines strategic recommendations to enhance the European Union's diagnostic capabilities in response to health emergencies. Despite a robust diagnostics industry, the EU faces substantial …
... 187 7.5.1. Intervention (1.1): Pandemic viruses – Invest in technologies that are pathogen agnostic …
UKHSA: UK Health Security Agency · 30 September 2024
campaign to remind those at risk to get their vaccinations to fight off the onslaught of winter viruses. …
AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 30 September 2024 English
Abstract Gordon Tullock wrote that government economists found capable of “firefighting” are assigned to do more of it, “with the result that the higher ranks of government economists aren’t able …
Order, also before the pandemic, noting that “viruses emerge from animals…that can spread efficiently …
EU: European Union · 26 September 2024 English
countries. HPAI viruses can infect migratory birds, which can then spread these viruses over long distances … spring migrations. Therefore, the presence of HPAI viruses in wild birds poses a continuous threat for the … the direct and indirect introduction of these viruses into holdings where poultry or captive birds are …
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 26 September 2024 English
survivors, civil society and stakeholder organizations from around the world. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to medicines, leading to infections becoming difficult or …
from around the world. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to medicines …
