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Secondary Level of Biothreat and Bioterrorism Prevention

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Secondary level of bioterrorism/outbreak prevention is third level of prevention and carries out when diseased confirmed. It is the most emerging and the most demanding part of biothreat&bioterrorism prevention. As a help to common citizen, response should be addressed to classic antiepidemic measures and to mitigation fear and panic.

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  1. Military Medical Headquarter, Ministry of Defence, Crnotravska 17, Belgrade, Serbia

    Vladan Radosavljevic

  2. University of Defence, Belgrade, Serbia

    Vladan Radosavljevic

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  1. Military Medical Headquarter, Ministry of Defence, Belgrade, Serbia

    Vladan Radosavljevic

  2. Faculty of Food Technology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia

    Ines Banjari

  3. Institute of Hygiene and Medical Ecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Goran Belojevic

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Radosavljevic, V. (2018). Secondary Level of Biothreat and Bioterrorism Prevention. In: Radosavljevic, V., Banjari, I., Belojevic, G. (eds) Defence Against Bioterrorism. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1263-5_8

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