Role of law enforcement response and microbial forensics in investigation of bioterrorism

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-449

  Budowle, Bruce ^a,c   Beaudry, Jodi A ^b   Barnaby, Neel G ^a   Giusti, Alan M ^a   Bannan, Jason D ^a   Keim, Paul ^b  

^a Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BIOTERRORISM; FORENSIC SCIENCES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 34548221507     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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