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          This is a micrograph of a blood smear containing Yersinia pestis plague bacteria.  Note the characteristic bipolar, "safety-pin"-like appearance of the Y. pestis organisms. People usually get plague from being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium, or by handling an infected animal.  Content provider: CDC/Dr. Jack Poland

          This 2005 photograph of the CDC’s Dr. Terrence Tumpey, one of the organization’s staff microbiologists and a member of the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), showed him examining reconstructed 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus inside a specimen vial containing an orange-colored supernatant culture medium.  Content provider: CDC.  Photo Credit: James Gathany

          This picture is a photomicrograph of mild meningitis along with hemorrhage and the presence of Bacillus anthracis in a case of fatal human anthrax. Content provided: CDC/Dr. Marshal Fox

         This is a picture of Brucella melitensis colonies. Content provider: CDC/ Courtesy of Larry Stauffer, Oregon State Public Health Laboratory

           This is a photograph of Arnold Steigerwalt, a research chemist with the CDC’s Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch (MSPB) in the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), shown here as he was performing a DNA-DNA hybridization analysis in one of the CDC’s laboratories.  Content provider: CDC/ Maryam I. Daneshvar, Ph.D.  Photo Credit: James Gathany

          This photomicrograph shows hepatitis caused by the Lassa virus, using toluidine-blue azure II stain.  Content provider: CDC/Dr. W. Winn

Reports Published in 2007:

Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease: Workshop Summary
Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease: Workshop Summary


Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism: Proceedings of an Indo-U.S. Workshop

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Protecting Building Occupants and Operations from Biological and Chemical Airborne Threats: A Framework for Decision Making

Science and Security in a Post 9/11 World: A Report Based on Regional Discussions Between the Science and Security Communities

Technical Input on the National Institutes of Health's Draft Supplementary Risk Assessments and Site Suitability Analyses for the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Boston University: A Letter Report

Review of the DoD-GEIS Influenza Programs: Strengthening Global Surveillance and Response

Review of the DoD-GEIS Influenza Programs: Strengthening Global Surveillance and Response

Interim Report on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Agent Risk Analysis

 
 

Reports Published in 2006:

Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences
Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future
of the Life Sciences

Ensuring an Infectious Disease Workforce: Education and Training Needs for the 21st Century - Workshop Summary
Ensuring an Infectious Disease Workforce: Education and Training Needs for the 21st Century - Workshop Summary

The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control: Exploring the Consequences and Opportunities. Workshop Summary
The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control: Exploring the Consequences and Opportunities, Workshop Summary

Addressing Foodborne Threats to Health:  Policies, Practices, and Global Coordination, Workshop Summary
Addressing Foodborne Threats to Health: Policies, Practices, and Global Coordination, Workshop Summary

 

Modeling Community Containment for Pandemic Influenza: A Letter Report
Modeling Community Containment for Pandemic Influenza: A Letter Report

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Overcoming Challenges to Develop Countermeasures Against Aerosolized Bioterrorism Agents: Appropriate Use
of Animal Models


Defending the U.S. Air Transportation System Against Chemical and Biological Threats

Ending the War Metaphor:  The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe Relationship. Workshop Summary
Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe Relationship. Workshop Summary

 


Guidelines for the Humane Transportation
of Research Animals


Review of Research Proposals for Cooperation with Former Soviet Biological Weapons Personnel and Institutes: Letter Report from December 2, 2005 Review


Letter Report on the Threat Agent Detection Response System Database

 
 

Reports Published in 2005:


Reopening Public Facilities After a Biological Attack: A Decision-Making Framework


The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready?

Microbial Threats to Health: The Threat of Pandemic Influenza
Microbial Threats to Health: The Threat
of Pandemic Influenza

An International Perspective on Advancing Technologies and Strategies for Managing Dual-Use Risks: Report of a Workshop
An International Perspective on Advancing Technologies and Strategies for Managing Dual-Use Risks: Report of a Workshop

 

The Smallpox Vaccination Program: Public Health in an Age of Terrorism
The Smallpox Vaccination Program:
Public Health in an Age of Terrorism

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Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World: Report of Two Workshops on Novel Antimicrobial Therapeutics


Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings and Military Bases

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Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors: Abbreviated Summary

 

Reports Published in 2004:


Advancing Prion Science: Guidance for
the National Prion Research Program


Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism


Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses: U.S - Russian Workshop Proceedings


Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak. Workshop Summary

       

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Naval Forces’ Defense Capabilities against Chemical and Biological Warfare Threats


Seeking Security: Pathogens, Open Access,
and Genome Databases


University Research Centers of Excellence
for Homeland Security

The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? A Workshop Summary
The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? A Workshop Summary

       


An Assessment of Naval Forces' Defense Capabilities Against Chemical and Biological Warfare Threats

     
 

Reports Published in 2003:


A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan: Parts I and II


Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism: A Public Health Strategy


Tracking and Predicting the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Material Releases: Implications for Homeland Security


Advancing Prion Science: Guidance for the National Prion Research Program -- Interim Report

       


Materials Science and Technology: Challenges for the Chemical Sciences
in the 21st Century


Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response


Review of EPA Homeland Security Efforts: Safe Buildings Program Plan


Giving Full Measure to Countermeasures: Addressing Problems in the DOD Program to Develop Medical Countermeasures against Biological Warfare Agents

       


Accelerating the Research, Development, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents: Interim Report


Assuring the Safety of the Pentagon Mail:
Letter Report

The Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors: Implications for Human Health and Strategies for Containment- Workshop Summary
The Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors: Implications for Human Health and Strategies for Containment- Workshop Summary

 

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