Epidemiology of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism
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*Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Service Corps, US Army Reserve; Chief, Biodefense Epidemiology and Education and Training Programs, Operational Medicine Department, Division of Medicine, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702 †Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army; Graduate Student, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Room B4109, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; formerly, Chief, Department of Field Studies, Division of Preventive Medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland ‡Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army; Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20307; formerly, Chief, Division of Medicine, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, Maryland
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