Biodefense in the Soviet Union: the Anti-Plague System

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Air date:	Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 3:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
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Runtime:	01:21:47
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Description:	The massive Soviet biological weapons program continues to pose a threat to global security through the potential transfer of unsecured pathogens or technical expertise from states of the FSU to hostile nations or terrorist groups. In this seminar, Dr. Zilinskas will review the history of the Soviet BW program, then describe how a nationwide system of Anti-plague Institutes was also employed to guard against biological attack and to obtain virulent agents for evaluation as weapons. His recent paper on this subject appeared in Critical Reviews of Microbiology, 32:47-64 and is available online at http://cns.miis.edu/research/antiplague/index.htm http://tango01.cit.nih.gov/sig/home.taf?_function=main&SIGInfo_SIGID=136

NLM Title:	Biodefense in the Soviet Union : the anti-plague system / Raymond A. Zilinskas.
Author:	Zilinskas, Raymond A. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Abstract:	(CIT): The massive Soviet biological weapons program continues to pose a threat to global security through the potential transfer of unsecured pathogens or technical expertise from states of the FSU to hostile nations or terrorist groups. In this seminar, Dr. Zilinskas will review the history of the Soviet BW program, then describe how a nationwide system of anti-plague institutes was also employed to guard against biological attack and to obtain virulent agents for evaluation as weapons.
Subjects:	Biological Warfare--history Communicable Disease Control--history Communicable Disease Control--organization & administration Government Agencies--history Government Agencies--organization & administration History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Security Measures--history USSR
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast
NLM Classification:	QW 11 GR9
NLM ID:	101296468
CIT Live ID:	5544
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=5544

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