The future of biological warfare

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 584-587

  Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EBOLA VIRUS; ELECTRONICS; ENGINEERING; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION; LEGIONELLA; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SALMONELLA; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SMALLPOX; WEAPON; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84865567145     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2012.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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