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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar 27. [Epub ahead of print]
The Science of Security versus the Security of Science.
Bouvier NM.
Source
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
Abstract
A very public controversy has arisen from the creation of two influenza A viruses, based all or in part on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 strains. These viruses were genetically modified, specifically and intentionally, to enhance their ability to transmit by air between ferrets, a commonly used animal model for influenza virus transmission studies.
PMID:
22454475
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22454475
The Science of Security versus the Security of Science.
Bouvier NM.
Source
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.
Abstract
A very public controversy has arisen from the creation of two influenza A viruses, based all or in part on highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 strains. These viruses were genetically modified, specifically and intentionally, to enhance their ability to transmit by air between ferrets, a commonly used animal model for influenza virus transmission studies.
PMID:
22454475
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22454475