Detecting Bio-Threat Agents: The Laboratory Response Network

American Society for Microbiology (ASM NEWS), Volume 69, No. 9, 2003

5 Pages Posted: 17 Jun 2013

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Stephen Morris

Government of the United States of America - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Richard Kellogg

Government of the United States of America - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Sam Perry

Government of the United States of America - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Richard F. Meyer

Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

David A. Bray

Institute for Defense Analyses; Harvard University; Emory University - Goizueta Business School; National Defense University; Forbes Ignite; University of Oxford

David Nichelson

Government of the United States of America - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

J. Michael Miller

Government of the United States of America

Date Written: January 2003

Abstract

In response to the threat of bio-terrorism and following a presidential order, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) established the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) in 1999. This national system is designed to link state and local public health laboratories with other advanced-capacity clinical, military, veterinary, agricultural, water, and food-testing laboratories; including those at the federal level. The LRN is a critical component of CDC’s public health mission, enhancing U.S. readiness to detect and respond to bio-terrorism incidents. In addition to bio-threat agents, the LRN is expanding to include the ability to detect chemical agents.

Keywords: bio-terrorism, public health, CDC, APHL, FBI, USAMRIID, laboratory, response, network, bio-threat, agents, chemical, advanced

JEL Classification: H1, I18, H50, H56, H70, L30

Suggested Citation

Morris, Stephen and Kellogg, Richard and Perry, Sam and Meyer, Richard F. and Bray, David A. and Nichelson, David and Miller, J. Michael, Detecting Bio-Threat Agents: The Laboratory Response Network (January 2003). American Society for Microbiology (ASM NEWS), Volume 69, No. 9, 2003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2280227

Stephen Morris

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Richard Kellogg

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Sam Perry

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Richard F. Meyer

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J. Michael Miller

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