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Select agent

Under United States law, biological select agents or toxins (BSATs)—or simply select agents for short—are bio-agents which (since 1997) have been declared by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to have the "potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety".…

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Regulation

Violations

Human and overlap agents

Animal agents

Plant agents

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Select agent

Nodes112
Edges111
Triples73
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017857
Components1

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Select agent

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related to Violations · 19
Select agent → Bioterrorism Act, But, CDC, CDC's Division, Demske, FBI, Gregory, He, HHS, HHS Office, If, In July, Inspector General, Notices, OIG, SAP, Select Agents, Since, Toxins
related to External links · 18
Select agent → Animal, April, Biosecurity, Centers, Disease Control, Federal Select Agent Program, Home, National Science Advisory Board, NSABB, Office, Plant Health Inspection Service/Agriculture, Prevention/Division, Science Policy, Select Agent Services, Select Agents, The FSAP, Toxins, United States Government
related to Regulation · 17
Select agent → Biosecurity, Bioterrorism Preparedness, CDC, Disease Control, It, National Science Advisory Board, Patriot Act, Prevention, Public Health Security, Response Act, SAP, September, The, The Centers, The SAP, United States, Using
related to Further reading · 13
Select agent → Biological Select Agents, Chapter, Committee, Introduction, Laboratories Conducting Research, Laboratory Security, National Academies Press, National Research Council, Personnel Reliability Assurance Systems, Responsible Research, Toxins, US, Washington DC
related to List of former select agents · 6
Select agent → Animal Agents, BSATs, Human, October, Overlap Agents, Select

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select agents toxins biological hhs research health human agriculture usda oig sap federal national agent united states violations animal overlap

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Select agentrelated to External linksHome0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksFederal Select Agent Program0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksThe FSAP0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksCenters0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksDisease Control0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksPrevention/Division0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksSelect Agents0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksToxins0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksAnimal0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksPlant Health Inspection Service/Agriculture0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksSelect Agent Services0.60section
Select agentrelated to External linksNational Science Advisory Board0.60section

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