Horsepox and the need for a new norm, more transparency, and stronger oversight for experiments that pose pandemic risks

Tom Inglesby

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1007129

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Horsepox and the need for a new norm, more transparency, and stronger oversight for experiments that pose pandemic risks

Tom Inglesby

* E-mail: tinglesby@jhu.edu

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Univeristy School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5845-4732

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Horsepox and the need for a new norm, more transparency, and stronger oversight for experiments that pose pandemic risks

Tom Inglesby

Published: October 4, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007129

About the Authors

Tom Inglesby

* E-mail: tinglesby@jhu.edu

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Univeristy School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5845-4732

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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