title: Towards an internet civil defence against bioterrorism.
abstract: Approaches towards the public-health prevention of bioterrorism are too little, and too late. New information-based approaches could yield better homeland protection. An internet civil defence is presented where millions of eyes could help to identify suspected cases of bioterrorism, with the internet used to report, confirm, and prevent outbreaks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Ronlaporte@aol.com
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: LaPorte
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dearwater
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sekikawa
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Sa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aaron
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shubnikov
mesh_terms: D023482:Bioterrorism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002959:Civil Defense / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011634:Public Health; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States