1. periodicals: Washington, D.C.
- Subjects
AVIAN influenza ,VIRAL transmission ,BIOSECURITY ,BIOTERRORISM prevention ,UNITED States. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity - Abstract
The article discusses how the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asked the science journals "Science" and "Nature" not to publish a study on the virus A(H5N1), which causes bird flu and is highly transmissible. The article says that although the government cannot regulate the journals, scientists are monitoring their own work to avoid disseminating information that might be useful to terrorists. The original study was conducted in the U.S. and the Netherlands.
- Published
- 2012