Fort Detrick

Fort Detrick is a major U.S. military site in Frederick , Maryland . Fort Detrick is home to the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) and the National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research, as well as the National Interagency Biodefense Campus in the future . From 1943 to 1969, Fort Detrick was used for biological weapons development and testing . According to official information, research into dangerous pathogens for defense purposes was subsequently carried out. There is evidence that the development and manufacture of biological weapons continued after 1969.

See also

• Anthrax attacks 2001

Web links

• The official website (English)
• Aaron Davis, Michael E. Ruane, Nelson Hernandez, Washington Post, (Saturday, August 2, 2008; Page A10) Lab and Community Make for Uneasy Neighbors
• David Wood, The Baltimore Sun, (August 2, 2008) Variety of research carried out at Fort Detrick

Individual evidence

1. ↑ official history of Fort Detrick ( Memento from January 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ BD Green, L. Battisti and CB Thorne, "Involvement of Tn4430 in Transfer of Bacillus anthracis Plasmids Mediated by Bacillus thringiensis Plasmid pX012a", J. of Bacteriology, 171 (1989), p. 104-113
3. ^ Dangerous viruses are gone, Frankfurter Rundschau , September 25, 1986

Coordinates: 39 ° 26 '8.2 "  N , 77 ° 25' 37.9"  W.