Investigating disease outbreaks under a protocol to the biological and toxin weapons convention.

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wheelis, M.
• Description:
  The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention prohibits the development, production, and stockpiling of biological weapons agents or delivery devices for anything other than peaceful purposes. A protocol currently in the final stages of negotiation adds verification measures to the convention. One of these measures will be international investigation of disease outbreaks that suggest a violation of the convention, i.e., outbreaks that may be caused by use of biological weapons or release of harmful agents from a facility conducting prohibited work. Adding verification measures to the current Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention will affect the international public health and epidemiology communities; therefore, active involvement of these communities in planning the implementation details of the protocol will be important.
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Humans Public Health
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 6(6):595-600.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0feb6f9e0447c9cf8790a0ef517cd218503b3dc6014e00fe92276d9df0cf9e00
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15041/cdc_15041_DS1.pdf
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