Perspective on Improving Environmental Monitoring of Biothreats

Perspective on Improving Environmental Monitoring of Biothreats

For more than a decade, the United States has performed environmental monitoring by collecting and analyzing air samples for a handful of biological threat agents (BTAs) in order to detect a possible biological attack. This effort has faced numerous technical challenges including timeliness, samplin...

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Main Authors: John Dunbar, Segaran Pillai, David Wunschel, Michael Dickens, Stephen A. Morse, David Franz, Andrew Bartko, Jean Challacombe, Timothy Persons, Molly A. Hughes, Steve R. Blanke, Robin Holland, Janine Hutchison, Eric D. Merkley, Katrina Campbell, Catherine S. Branda, Shashi Sharma, Luther Lindler, Kevin Anderson, David Hodge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Subjects:
biowatch
aerosols (bio-)
biological weapon attack
detection
real-time sensing
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbioe.2018.00147/full

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