Destroying the life and career of a valued physician-scientist who tried to protect us from plague: Was it really necessary?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1644-1648

  Murray, Barbara E ^a   Anderson, Karl E ^b   Arnold, Keith ⁿ   Bartlett, John G ^f   Carpenter, Charles C ^g,h,i   Falkow, Stanley ^j   Hartman, J Ted ^c   Lehman, Tom ^d   Reid, Ted W ^c   Ryburn Jr , Frank M ^e   Sack, R Bradley ^g,h   Struelens, Marc J ^m   Young, Lowell S ^k,l   Greenough III, William B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hospice of Lubbock   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Lifespan   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Kuzell Institute for Arthritis and Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁿ F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CAREER; COMMUNITY; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIFE; PHYSICIAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BIOTERRORISM; CONTRACTS; FRAUD; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PLAGUE; SECURITY MEASURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; UNIVERSITIES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 21144442933     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431348     Document Type: Review

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