The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September11, 2001, and the deliberate release of anthrax spores thatoccurred soon thereafter starkly revealed our vulnerabilityto the threat and reality of multiple categories of terrorism,including biologic, chemical, nuclear, and radiologic assaults.As a result of the events of late 2001, the focus on nationalsecurity in the United States has intensified greatly, and extensiveefforts to prepare for and prevent future attacks have beenundertaken, particularly by the newly established Departmentof Homeland Security. In the arena of biologic terrorism againstthe civilian population, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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From the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Md.
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