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David R. Franz
Researcher at Kansas State University
Publications - 19
Citations - 359
David R. Franz is an academic researcher from Kansas State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Preparedness & Lipid peroxidation. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 19 publications receiving 330 citations. Previous affiliations of David R. Franz include United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases & MRIGlobal.
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Adaptations of avian flu virus are a cause for concern
Kenneth I. Berns,Arturo Casadevall,Murray L. Cohen,Susan A. Ehrlich,Lynn W. Enquist,J. Patrick Fitch,David R. Franz,Claire M. Fraser-Liggett,Christine M. Grant,Michael J. Imperiale,J.A. Kanabrocki,Paul Keim,Paul Keim,Stanley M. Lemon,Stuart B. Levy,John R. Lumpkin,Jeffery F. Miller,Randall S. Murch,Mark E. Nance,Michael T. Osterholm,David A. Relman,James A. Roth,Anne K. Vidaver +22 more
TL;DR: Members of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity explain its recommendations on the communication of experimental work on H5N1 influenza.
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Toward a System of Microbial Forensics: from Sample Collection to Interpretation of Evidence
Bruce Budowle,Steven E. Schutzer,Michael Ascher,Ronald M. Atlas,James P. Burans,Ranajit Chakraborty,John J. Dunn,Claire M. Fraser,David R. Franz,Terrance J. Leighton,Stephen A. Morse,Randall S. Murch,Jacques Ravel,Daniel L. Rock,Thomas R. Slezak,Stephan P. Velsko,Anne C. Walsh,Ronald A. Walters +17 more
TL;DR: The threat of terrorist or criminal use of pathogenic organisms and their toxins remains a great concern in the United States and the anthrax letter attack of 2001 raised the awareness of the vulnerability.
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Policy: Adaptations of avian flu virus are a cause for concern
Kenneth I. Berns,Arturo Casadevall,Murray L. Cohen,Susan A. Ehrlich,Lynn W. Enquist,J. Patrick Fitch,David R. Franz,Claire M. Fraser-Liggett,Christine M. Grant,Michael J. Imperiale,J.A. Kanabrocki,Paul Keim,Stanley M. Lemon,Stuart B. Levy,John R. Lumpkin,Jeffery F. Miller,Randall Murch,Mark E. Nance,Michael T. Osterholm,David A. Relman,James A. Roth,Anne K. Vidaver +21 more
TL;DR: Members of the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity explain its recommendations on the communication of experimental work on H5N1 influenza.
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Confronting the threat of bioterrorism: realities, challenges, and defensive strategies.
TL;DR: It is concluded that preparedness for intentional outbreaks has the important added value of strengtheningparedness for natural epidemics, and vice versa.
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Preparedness for an anthrax attack.
TL;DR: Because B. anthracis is a unique organism, specific countermeasures for anthrax detection, diagnostics, prophylaxis and therapy, should be developed in nations or regions where the threat of biological attack is believed to warrant such preparation.