Exercise Mataika: White Paper on response to a smallpox bioterrorism release in the Pacific

Exercise Mataika: White Paper on response to a smallpox bioterrorism release in the Pacific

Smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, with known seed stock retained in two high security Biosafety Level 4 laboratories in the United States and Russia. Experts agree the likelihood of theft from these laboratories is low, and that synthetic creation of smallpox is a theoretical possibility. Un...

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Main Authors: Chandini Raina MacIntyre, David J Heslop, Devina Nand, Craig Schramm, Michael Butel, William Rawlinson, Michael Baker, Tomasz Kiedrzynski, Cassidy Nelson, Alexander Rosewell, Lauasa Fotualii, Kevin Yeo, Jesper Elsgaard, Louise Fonua, John Michael Lane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of New South Wales 2019-02-01
Series:Global Biosecurity
Subjects:
Smallpox, orthopoxviruses, pandemic, epidemic, military, police, public health, disaster, first responder, health security, bioterrorism, terrorism, warfare, biological select agents, synthetic biology
Online Access:https://jglobalbiosecurity.com/articles/10

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