Trulove, Susan2013-05-062013-05-062005-03-16http://hdl.handle.net/10919/21677Deliberately spreading disease among the enemy has been occasionally practiced over hundreds of years. But modern bioterrorism is more chilling than ever because of rapidly expanding knowledge about infectious diseases and biotoxins and their potential to wreak havoc in complex, interdependent societies. The nation is in the process of developing a strong microbial forensic program to attribute and prosecute such attacks, and perhaps deter them.text/htmlIn CopyrightMicrobial forensics: The next great forensic challengePress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations