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(P1-23) The Potential Terrorist Possession of Weaponized Plague in North Africa: A Forensic Epidemiology Case Study and Discussion of Principles in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2011

M.P. Allswede  and
T. Binyamin
M.P. Allswede
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine, Johnstown, United States of America
T. Binyamin
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, Richmond, United States of America
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Abstract

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Background

A report of black death, presumably pneumonic plague (Yersinia Pestis) occurred in the terrorist group Al Qaeda in the Land of Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) in 2009. Up to 40 members of AQLIM are reported to have perished rapidly.

Discussion

The event was managed by Algeria, but questions remain as to the nature of this event and the level of investigation that was applied. This paper is a discussion of the principle elements of a forensic epidemiology investigation that should have, but did not take place in Algeria. The need for improved forensic epidemiology investigation capability is illustrated in this event due the unique problems inherent in the investigation of intentional outbreaks.

Type
Poster Abstracts 17th World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 26 , Supplement S1 , May 2011 , pp. s106
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2011