French Intelligence on Typhus
Item Details
Title
French Intelligence on Typhus
Topics
This summarizes updates acquired by France about German progress in BW and potential plans.
Date
1944
Conclusions
The Germans have conducted experiments to spread bacteria in every territory. In tests with typhus they had excellent results spraying it from aircraft and also tested infecting fleas and body lice. They also had excellent results spraying tularemia from aircraft. Lastly, they made plans to use tetanus virus to sabotage therapeutic vaccines and wound dressing material in England and to contaminate livestock with Bovine Plague Virus.
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Citation
“French Intelligence on Typhus,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed March 14, 2025, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/342.