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Review
. 2020 Dec;10(2):020317.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020317.

Natural outbreaks and bioterrorism: How to deal with the two sides of the same coin?

Lionel Koch  1 , Anne-Aurelie Lopes  2 , Avelina Maiguy  3 , Sophie Guillier  1 , Laurent Guillier  4 , Jean-Nicolas Tournier  5 , Fabrice Biot  1
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Review

Natural outbreaks and bioterrorism: How to deal with the two sides of the same coin?

Lionel Koch et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.
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Competing interests: The authors completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon request from the corresponding author), and declare no conflicts of interest.

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Photo: Two sides of the same coin (from Lionel Koch’s collection, used with permission).
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Possible future detection and management system for outbreaks. In blue: the population and the detection resources for infectious events. In red: the stakeholders of the crisis preparation and management. In green: the response to the outbreak through communication and specific actions.
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