Budowle Bruce, Schutzer Steven E, Einseln Anja, Kelley Lynda C, Walsh Anne C, Smith Jenifer A L, Marrone Babetta L, Robertson James, Campos Joseph
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Laboratory Division, Quantico, VA 22135, USA.
Science. 2003 Sep 26;301(5641):1852-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1090083.
Combating bioterrorism is a challenge to all of us. To be proactive, the U.S. Government has formalized the discipline of "microbial forensics" to deter and attribute perpetrators of such acts. This Policy Forum describes the foundations of the microbial forensics program: the creation of a national bioforensics laboratory, a partnership laboratory network, and a peer-consensus scientific working group and the promulgation of quality assurance guidelines.
应对生物恐怖主义是我们所有人面临的一项挑战。为了积极主动应对，美国政府已将“微生物法医学”学科正式化，以威慑此类行为的实施者并确定其身份。本政策论坛描述了微生物法医学项目的基础：建立一个国家生物法医学实验室、一个合作实验室网络、一个同行共识科学工作组以及颁布质量保证指南。
