SESSION 10 - Biological events and pandemics: methods, algorithms instrumentation, protection/decontamination, and technological developments


CHAIPERSON SICC SERIES - CBRNE CONFERENCE - SESSION 10

Prof. Susana  de Souza Lalic

Physics Department  - Universidade Federal de Sergipe 

(BRASIL)


CHAIPERSON SICC SERIES - CBRNE CONFERENCE - SESSION 10

Dr. Cornelius Bartels

Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

(GERMANY)


CHAIPERSON SICC SERIES - CBRNE CONFERENCE - SESSION 10

Dr. Edoardo Cavalieri D'Oro

Head of CBRN for Lombardia Region - Italian Firefighters -  Italian Ministry of Interior

(ITALY)


This session will host presentations based on the following description.

Description

Recent years have shown us that the risk of the spreading of a biological agent is very prominent. The recent pandemic, caused by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has demonstrated the fundamental role played by emergency plans, preparedness, and monitoring to contain it (Epidemic Intelligence).  Especially today, when globalization implies the increased interconnectedness and interdependence of peoples and countries, a single and far-distant outbreak may become a pandemic. Moreover, in today’s scenario, Biosecurity and Biosafety play a key role in tackling any emergence and re-emergence of biological agents, which may have a natural origin and spread or may have an intentional engineering and a malicious dispersion for offensive purposes, such as the use of BWAs by a rogue nation, or bio-terrorist attacks. In this setting, therefore, the following issues assume a fundamental role:  

  • The possibility of promptly identifying and classifying the dispersion, the nature, and possibly, the origin of biological agents (also thanks to new detection technologies and NGS techniques). 
  • The preparedness to face such events (by means of civil and military contingency plans, infrastructures, and capability),  
  • The research for the containment, monitoring, and epidemiological prediction of such events (also through mathematical modelling of outbreaks).  
  • The use of appropriate personal protection equipment (through planning and proper communication).  

This session aims to deepen the current risks related to the spread of biological agents: providing an overview of what are the new technologies that are useful for the detection and analysis of biological agents, exploring the lessons learned from the current pandemic and from past events to address this type of risk as well as illustrating the progress in planning for the preparedness and rapid response to such events. 

This session will host the work of the experts that will reflect those concepts.


Keywords: Biological Agents (BAs); Biological Warfare Agents (BWAs); Bioterrorism; Biological Agents Detection; New technologies and application for detection; Drones, Unmanned Vehicles applications; Biological Agents Decontamination; Protection; Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs); Decision Support Software (DSS); Biosecurity; Biosafety; Biological agent detection new technologies; Epidemic Intelligence; Epidemiological models; Pandemic; Bacteria; Viruses; Toxins; Microbiological Pathogens.


Here it is the list of the oral presentations of technical session 10.

The abstract will be available on the book of abstract.

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143.TS10. Evaluation of the environmental and economic impact deriving from the adoption of a reuse strategy for disposable FFP2 during pandemic events.

Samuele Giovanardi(1), Edoardo Cavalieri D'Oro(2), Mariapia Pedeferri(1)

1. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

2. Corpo nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco, Milan, Italy 

 

144.TS10. Ricin detection using single domain antibodies.

Omar Nyabi(1), B. Smits(1), N.Chibani(1), M.Leuch(1), S.Cavusoglu(1), Q.Pagneux(2),  S.Szunerits(2), J-L Gala(1)

1. Centre for Applied Molecular Technologies (CTMA), Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

 

2. Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, Lille, France

 

145.TS10. Laser induced fluorescence technologies applied for the standoff detection of bioaerosols.

Lea Fellner(1), Arne Walter(1) Frank Duschek(1)

1. German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Physics, Hardthausen, Germany

 

146.TS10. Stand-off detection of biological hazards on common surfaces by laser-induced fluorescence (LIF): Improved localization and classification routines.

Jonas Grzesiak(1), Marian Kraus(1) Lea Fellner(1) Arne Walter(1) Frank Duschek(1)

1. German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Physics, Hardthausen, Germany

  

147.TS10. Determination of spectral fluorescence cross-sections of bacteria aerosols: Achievements, challenges, and limitations.

Karin Gruenewald(1), Thomas Hall(1) Lea Fellner(1) Arne Walter(1) Marian Kraus(1) Frank Duschek(1)

1. German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Technical Physics, Hardthausen, Germany

 

148.TS10. Emerging biological threats disrupt both society and military operations.

Stef Stienstra(1)

1. SME CBRN Dutch Armed Forces, Beek-Ubbergen, The Netherlands

 

149.TS10. Assessing Cytogenetic Endpoints in Allium cepa Roots Exposed to radiation: Implications for Radiological and Nuclear Emergency Response.

Magno N. Xavier(1), Iasmim F. Santos(1), July Anne T. Novaes(1), Débora S. Nascimento(2), Riccardo Ciolini(2), Francesco d'Errico(2), Susana O. Souza(2)

1. Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil

2. Pisa University, Pisa, Italy

 

150.TS10. Experimental Assement of Counterfog Bio Aerosol Fast Sampler for Virus Detection and Decontamination.

José Luis Pérez-Díaz(1), Cristina Del-Álamo-Toraño(1), Julio Cesar Saavedra-González(1), Pablo Mendez-Vigo(2), Juan Sánchez García-Casarrubios(2), Francisco Javier Pérez Del Álamo(2), Álvaro García-Agudiez(2), María Pilar Del-Álamo-Lobo(2), Antonio Alcamí-Pertejo(3), Ángela Vázquez-Calvo(3), Gil Rodríguez-Caravaca(3)

1. EPS, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain 

2. Counterfog SL., Valdemoro Spain 

3. Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC, Madrid, Spain 

4. Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Spain

 

151.TS10. Nutraceutical recommendations for CBRN and emergency first responders during an airborne biological release incident.

Jean-Marie Zimmer(1,2), Stefania Moramarco(2), Mariachiara Carestia(2)

1. Corps grand-ducal d’incendie et de secours (CGDIS), Groupe d’intervention spécialisé (GIS) NRBC, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

2. University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2nd Level International Master Courses in Protection against CBRNe Events, Industrial Engineering Department, Rome, Italy

 

152.TS10. Preventive nutraceutical support for first responders during and after a bio-incident

Jean-Marie Zimmer(1,2), Stefania Moramarco(2), Mariachiara Carestia(2)

1. Corps grand-ducal d’incendie et de secours (CGDIS), Groupe d’intervention spécialisé (GIS) NRBC, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

2. University of Rome Tor Vergata, 2nd Level International Master Courses in Protection against CBRNe Events, Industrial Engineering Department, Rome, Italy

 

153.TS10. Advancing Early Detection of Biological Events by Digital Holography and Simulation of Microorganism.

Alessandro Molani(1), Béla Mihalik(2), Francesca Pennati(1), Praveen Rahi(3), Andrea Aliverti(1), Györgyi Béla(2)

1. Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy 

2. Ideas Science Ltd., Budapest, Hungary 

3. Biological Resource Center of Institut Pasteur (CRBIP), Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France

 

154.TS10. The CAMFID Confidence Chamber.

Vincenzo Balloni(1), Maria Paola Menaguale(1)

1. CAMFID S.r.l., Teramo, Italy

 

155.TS10. Field application experience of advanced sanitation in hospital settings.

Francesco De Caro(1), Claudio Giordano(1), Giuseppina Moccia(1)

1. Università degli Studi di Salerno Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia e Odontoiatria “Scuola Medica Salernitana", Salerno, Italy

 

156.TS10. Applications of Ozone in the CBRN Environment from the Perspective of Italian Firefighters.

Edoardo Cavalieri D’Oro(1)

1. Italian National Fire and Rescue Service, CBRN Unit and Laboratories of the Lombardy Region, Milan, Italy

 

246.TS10. Prevention is better than healing. Clinical and economic implications of oral antiviral agents in Covid 19: a prospective study.

Filomena Pietrantonio(1,2), Francesco Rosiello(2,3,4), Fabio Vinci(1), Michela Delli Castelli(1), Angela Ciamei(1), Marise Sabato(4), Aurelio Spartà4, Davide Acco(4), Maria Sofia Cattaruzza(4), Matteo Ruggeri(2,5), Marco Materazzo(6,7), Vincenzo Mirko La Fazia(8,9), Nicola Pierucci(11), Rosa Iodice(11), Luca Fortunato(11), Francesco Scordamaglia(11), Giuseppe Granvillano(12), Lamberto Carlo Maria Cicerchia(13,14), Massimo Maurici(15), Antonio Vinci(16), Margherita Lordi(1), Enrica Cipriano(1)

1. UOC Medicina Interna, Ospedale dei Castelli, ASL Roma 6, Ariccia, Italy

2. St Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy

3. Department of Histological, Anatomical Sciences and Legal Medicine, Sapienza-University of Rome, Rome, Italy

4. Department of Infectious Disease and Public Health, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

5. National Institute for Statistics, Rome, Italy

6. Breast Unit, Department of Surgical Science, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

7. PhD Program in Applied Medical-Surgical Sciences, Breast Oncoplastic Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

8. Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas, USA

9. Division of Cardiology, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

10. Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

11. Studio Legale Fortunato, Roma, Italy

12. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania

13. Corso Formazione Specifica in Medicina Generale AREA DIDATTICA 4 (ASL Latina) Triennio 2021– 2024, Latina, Italy

14. ASL ROMA5 Distretto G5, Palestrina, Italy

15. Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

 

16. Doctoral School in Nursing Science and Public Health, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

 

252.TS10. Enhancing Performance in Public Health Emergencies: Rapid Operational Response, Technological Innovation, and Just-in-Time Training in a Mobile Analytical Capacity

Jean-Luc Gala(1)

1. Centre for Applied Molecular Technologies (CTMA), Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium