Wheelis M
University of California, Davis, California, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Nov-Dec;6(6):595-600. doi: 10.3201/eid0606.000607.
The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention prohibits the development, production, and stockpiling of biological weapons agents or delivery devices for anything other than peaceful purposes. A protocol currently in the final stages of negotiation adds verification measures to the convention. One of these measures will be international investigation of disease outbreaks that suggest a violation of the convention, i.e., outbreaks that may be caused by use of biological weapons or release of harmful agents from a facility conducting prohibited work. Adding verification measures to the current Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention will affect the international public health and epidemiology communities; therefore, active involvement of these communities in planning the implementation details of the protocol will be important.
《生物和毒素武器公约》禁止为和平目的以外的任何目的开发、生产和储存生物武器制剂或运载工具。目前处于谈判最后阶段的一项议定书为该公约增加了核查措施。其中一项措施将是对那些表明违反该公约的疾病暴发进行国际调查，即那些可能由使用生物武器或从进行违禁工作的设施释放有害制剂所导致的暴发。在现行的《生物和毒素武器公约》中增加核查措施将影响国际公共卫生和流行病学领域；因此，这些领域积极参与规划该议定书的实施细节将很重要。
