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Living Weapons: Biological Weapons and International Security
In the summer of 1996, as a (much younger) Army infectious disease physician, I headed off to a new assignment with the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland. It was a heady time to be entering the niche fi eld of biodefense. Five years before the events of 9/11 and the subsequent “Amerithrax” attacks would become an integral part of the ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JACC: Case Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2666-0849
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.08.019