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

doi:10.7189/jogh.10.020317

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. 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 Koch¹, Anne-Aurelie Lopes², Avelina Maiguy³, Sophie Guillier¹, Laurent Guillier⁴, Jean-Nicolas Tournier⁵, Fabrice Biot¹

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¹ Bacteriology Unit, French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA), Bretigny sur Orge, France.
² Pediatric Emergency Department, AP-HP, Robert Debre Hospital, Paris, Sorbonne University, France.
³ CBRNE Joint Defense Center (CIA NRBC), Saumur, France.
⁴ Risk Assessment Department, University of Paris-Est, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA), Bretigny sur Orge, France.

PMID: 33110519
PMCID: PMC7535343
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020317

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.

. 2020 Dec;10(2):020317.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020317.

Authors

Lionel Koch¹, Anne-Aurelie Lopes², Avelina Maiguy³, Sophie Guillier¹, Laurent Guillier⁴, Jean-Nicolas Tournier⁵, Fabrice Biot¹

Affiliations

¹ Bacteriology Unit, French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA), Bretigny sur Orge, France.
² Pediatric Emergency Department, AP-HP, Robert Debre Hospital, Paris, Sorbonne University, France.
³ CBRNE Joint Defense Center (CIA NRBC), Saumur, France.
⁴ Risk Assessment Department, University of Paris-Est, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute (IRBA), Bretigny sur Orge, France.

PMID: 33110519
PMCID: PMC7535343
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020317

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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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None — Photo: Two sides of the same coin (from Lionel Koch’s collection, used with permission).

**Figure 1**
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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[1] Smith KF, Goldberg M, Rosenthal S, Carlson L, Chen J, Chen C, et al. Global rise in human infectious disease outbreaks. J R Soc Interface. 2014;11:20140950. 10.1098/rsif.2014.0950 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[9] Barras V, Greub G.History of biological warfare and bioterrorism. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014;20:497-502. 10.1111/1469-0691.12706 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Barras V, Greub G.History of biological warfare and bioterrorism. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014;20:497-502. 10.1111/1469-0691.12706 - DOI - PubMed

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