Dual-Use Research and Technological Diffusion: Reconsidering the Bioterrorism Threat Spectrum

Jonathan E. Suk; Anna Zmorzynska; Iris Hunger; Walter Biederbick; Julia Sasse; Heinrich Maidhof; Jan C. Semenza

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001253

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Dual-Use Research and Technological Diffusion: Reconsidering the Bioterrorism Threat Spectrum

Jonathan E. Suk ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan E. Suk, Anna Zmorzynska

* E-mail: jonathan.suk@ecdc.europa.eu

Affiliation Scientific Advice Unit, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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Anna Zmorzynska ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan E. Suk, Anna Zmorzynska

Affiliation Research Group for Biological Arms Control, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Iris Hunger,

Affiliation Research Group for Biological Arms Control, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Walter Biederbick,

Affiliation Federal Information Center for Biological Security, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Julia Sasse,

Affiliation Federal Information Center for Biological Security, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Heinrich Maidhof,

Affiliation Federal Information Center for Biological Security, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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Jan C. Semenza

Affiliation Scientific Advice Unit, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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Dual-Use Research and Technological Diffusion: Reconsidering the Bioterrorism Threat Spectrum

Jonathan E. Suk,
Anna Zmorzynska,
Iris Hunger,
Walter Biederbick,
Julia Sasse,
Heinrich Maidhof,
Jan C. Semenza

Published: January 13, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001253

About the Authors

Jonathan E. Suk

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan E. Suk, Anna Zmorzynska

* E-mail: jonathan.suk@ecdc.europa.eu

Affiliation Scientific Advice Unit, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden

Anna Zmorzynska

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan E. Suk, Anna Zmorzynska

Affiliation Research Group for Biological Arms Control, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Iris Hunger

Affiliation Research Group for Biological Arms Control, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Walter Biederbick

Affiliation Federal Information Center for Biological Security, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Julia Sasse

Affiliation Federal Information Center for Biological Security, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Heinrich Maidhof

Affiliation Federal Information Center for Biological Security, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Jan C. Semenza

Affiliation Scientific Advice Unit, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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