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Perceived Threat, Risk Perception, and Efficacy Beliefs Related to SARS and Other (Emerging) Infectious Diseases: Results of an International Survey
A phone survey was conducted that asked respondents their perceived threat of SARs and 8 other diseases.
Plan For A 3-Way Attack By Biological Agents on the Sugar Beet Crop of Axis Nations in Europe in 1943
Contextualizes drop diseases as potential biological weapons based on recent history of blights. Reviews three crop diseases that show promise for deployment against European adversaries. Discusses practical and technical procedures that could be…
Plans for the Development of Biological and Chemical Weapons and Defense Capabilities
This aims to provide short and intermediate term DOD plans for use by the DOD of the present B-C weapons and defense capabilities. It also aims to create a research and development plan for execution by the Army.
Present Position of Bacteriological Warfare - A Brief Review
A review of biological warfare capabilities, promising agents, countermeasures, and military utility by Canadian authorities. Based heavily on collaborations with the UK and US.
Prevention of Biothreats: A Look Ahead
This is a summary report of a conference at the Center of Biosecurity of UPMC to discuss strategies for countering biowarfare threats.
Probable Biological Agents Which May Be Employed by the Enemy
This summarizes some of the scientific research on possible biological agents conducted by the War Research Service.
Problems of Antibacteriological Defense According to Data From Foreign Literature
This book written by a Soviet author provides a generalization of the information that has been published worldwide about the problem of the bacteriological weapon and the existing defense measures against it, in order to inform medical workers and…
Program for Protection of Livestock and Poultry
The working group appointed by the NME-USDA Conference on Livestock Protection drafted a program intended to protect livestock and poultry. They take a look at some of the most critical animal diseases at the time and offer suggestions to better…
Progress Report No. 54: Biological and Bacteriological Warfare
Describes the purposes of the CWS's bacteriological warfare research activities. Refers back to the 1933 document by L.A. Fox for summary of these activities.
Progress Report on "R" Work at GIES
Short progress report on vaccines and infection studies with "R", presumably rinderpest, by the Canadians.
Progress Report on "X" Toxoid
This is a report on the Surgeon Generals views on the deployment of "X" toxoid to American troops after the Director General of the Canadian Medical services recommended it for their own.
Project 112 - Evaluation of B-C Weapons
A series of memos that catalog results from a Working Group led by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. Goals were to evaluate the biological and chemical weapons state of the art. Army, Navy, and Air Force participated and were tasked…
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Assessing the Risks
Office of Technology Assessment created a report describing what CBRN can do, analyzing consequences of spread to the US, summarizing technical aspects of monitoring/controlling production
Proposed Biosecurity Oversight Framework for the Future of Science
US government charged NSABB with "evaluating and providing recommendations on the effectiveness of two major US biosecurity policy frameworks governing" research with enhanced potential pandemic pathogens (ePPP) and dual use research of concern.
Proposed Framework for the Oversight of Dual-use Life Sciences Research: Strategies for Minimizing the Potential Misuse of Research Information
Discusses considerations for institutional evaluation of the dual-use risk of proposed research.
Protection Against Bacteriological Warfare
This memo for the Chief of Staff discusses measures to prepare US troops for biological warfare.