The Irkutsk Incident: A Warning and Wake-Up Call for Biosecurity and the BTWC

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An essay examines the death of a laboratory worker associated with the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia and the resulting quarantine and monitoring of contacts amid early reports of pneumonic plague. The incident is presented as a warning for biosecurity and the Biological Weapons Convention, though the cause of death was not officially confirmed at the time.

Dr. James Giordano’s Strategic Insights essay, The Irkutsk Incident: A Warning and Wake-Up Call for Biosecurity and the BTWC examines the death of a laboratory worker tied to the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, an event that triggered quarantine and monitoring of contacts amid early reports of pneumonic plague. At the time of his writing, the cause remains officially … Read more The post The Irkutsk Incident: A Warning and Wake-Up Call for Biosecurity and the BTWC appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.