Comment on

• Novel clostridium botulinum toxin and dual use research of concern issues.

  Hooper DC, Hirsch MS. Hooper DC, et al. J Infect Dis. 2014 Jan 15;209(2):167. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit528. Epub 2013 Oct 7. J Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 24106293 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
• Molecular characterization of a novel botulinum neurotoxin type H gene.

  Dover N, Barash JR, Hill KK, Xie G, Arnon SS. Dover N, et al. J Infect Dis. 2014 Jan 15;209(2):192-202. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit450. Epub 2013 Oct 7. J Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 24106295
• A novel strain of Clostridium botulinum that produces type B and type H botulinum toxins.

  Barash JR, Arnon SS. Barash JR, et al. J Infect Dis. 2014 Jan 15;209(2):183-91. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit449. Epub 2013 Oct 7. J Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 24106296
• "Inconvenient truths" in the pursuit of scientific knowledge and public health.

  Relman DA. Relman DA. J Infect Dis. 2014 Jan 15;209(2):170-2. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit529. Epub 2013 Oct 7. J Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 24106297 Free PMC article. No abstract available.