In 2015, a laboratory of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) inadvertently shipped
preparations of gamma-irradiated spores of Bacillus anthracis that contained live spores. …

A new human coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
emerged at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China that caused a range of disease severities; …

A variant of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki containing a single, stable copy of a uniquely
amplifiable DNA oligomer integrated into the genome for tracking the fate of biological …

Accurate identification of biological threat agents, especially RNA viruses, in clinical or
environmental samples can be challenging because the concentration of viral genomic material …

Background Tracking dispersal of microbial populations in the environment requires specific
detection methods that discriminate between the target strain and all potential natural and …

14. ABSTRACT The Gram-negative bacterium Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q
fever and has been long regarded as a potential biological warfare agent. Only the phase I …

Arévalo et al. Rapid COVID-19 Nanopore Sequencing Assay of previous RT-PCR confirmed
patient samples, showed that the modified protocol produces high quality data, with up to …

More than 1600 military working dogs (MWDs) are deployed in conflict regions by the US
armed forces. These dogs are trained for specific jobs, including tracking, explosive detection, …

The work described in this report was authorized under project number CB10497. The work
was started in March 2020 and completed in December 2021.

… Rastogi Sarah Katoski … Rastogi, Vipin K.; Katoski, Sarah (DEVCOM CBC); Cross,
Orshuntis (ORISE); and Leija, Brianna M. (Excet) … US Army Institute of Surgical Research …