The History of Anthrax Weaponization in the Soviet Union. 2023

Ioannis Nikolakakis, and Spyros N Michaleas, and George Panayiotakopoulos, and Theodore G Papaioannou, and Marianna Karamanou
Department of History of Medicine and Medical Ethics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, GRC.

In this paper, we reveal the anthrax weaponization in the Soviet Union and its impact on biowarfare research, technology, and public health that resulted in the development of the first Soviet Anthrax vaccine and the subsequent vaccination of animals and humans en masse. We assume that there are cases that a biowarfare technology was incorporated into the civilian industry and benefited public health. However, the legacy of bioweapons today still poses an asymmetric threat to public health and safety.

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