title: [Biological war: historical and political aspects].
abstract: Starting from first documented episode of biological war, Crimea 14th century, we describe military researches on Biological and Toxin Weapons during first half of 20th century. Then we describe the subsequent researches in several Countries and the actual attempts in United Nations to revise the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento MIMP, Sezione Igiene, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Bari.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rizzo
mesh_terms: D001694:Biological Warfare / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D011057:Politics
vernacular_title: Guerra biologica: aspetti storici e politici.