Bioterrorism: Lessons Learned Since the Anthrax Mailings

In the fall of 2001, Bacillus anthracis spores were spread through letters mailed in the United States. Twenty-two people are known to have been infected, and five of these individuals died. Together with the  September 11 attacks, this resulted in a reevaluation of the risks and benefits of life sc...

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Autores principales: Imperiale, Michael J., Casadevall, Arturo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22027008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00232-11
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spelling pubmed-32027532011-11-04 Bioterrorism: Lessons Learned Since the Anthrax Mailings Imperiale, Michael J. Casadevall, Arturo mBio Editorial In the fall of 2001, Bacillus anthracis spores were spread through letters mailed in the United States. Twenty-two people are known to have been infected, and five of these individuals died. Together with the  September 11 attacks, this resulted in a reevaluation of the risks and benefits of life science research with the potential for misuse. In this editorial, we review some of the results of these discussions and their implications for the future. American Society of Microbiology 2011-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3202753/ /pubmed/22027008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00232-11 Text en Copyright © 2011 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Imperiale and Casadevall. This an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) , which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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