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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of New South Wales
2019-02-01
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Series: | Global Biosecurity |
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Online Access: | https://jglobalbiosecurity.com/articles/10 |