Resources and Information about Bioterrorism

AIBS

The pages of BioScience and the AIBS Virtual Library carry a number of items related to bioterrorism and homeland security. The Scientific Peer Review division of AIBS continues its work on long-running service contracts with the Department of Defense and other U.S. government agencies to review research grant proposals in biological defense.

Other Scientific Society Links

American Society for Microbiology, with links to...

• Biological Agents-Detection and Treatment
• Bioterrorism Legislation
• Biological Agents-Laboratory Safety
• Biological Agents-Basic Mechanism of Action
• Biological Agent Export and Import
• Biodefense
• Regulations
• Bioterrorism Preparedness

Government Links

• Department of Health and Human Services advice on preparedness and response to bioterrorism,
• Center for Disease Control
• National Institutes of Health

Agroterrorism Links

• Confronting the possibility of agroterrorism, Univ. of Nebraska
• Article on "Crop Biosecurity" from Plant Pathology Online.
• Federation of American Scientists on agroterrorism
• Agricultural Biowarfare and Bioterrorism essay by Dr. Mark Wheelis of UC-Davis
• Monterey Institute of International Studies on agroterrorism

Other Links of Interest

• Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy, University of Minnesota

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