TY - JOUR AU - Wheelis, Mark T1 - Investigating Disease Outbreaks under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2000 VL - 6 IS - 6 SP - 595 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - biological and toxin weapons convention KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0606.000607 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/6/00-0607_article ER - End of Reference