Historia del uso malintencionado de agentes biológicos

  1. Javier Vicente Sánchez 1
  2. Domingo Marquina Díaz 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Revista:
Cuadernos de estrategia

ISSN: 1697-6924

Año de publicación: 2022

Título del ejemplar: La amenaza biológica

Número: 217

Páginas: 29-61

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

The malicious use of biological agents by humans has been known since ancient times. The first documented texts on these events date from the 6th century BC, empirically using plants, toxins extracted from them or even using corpses contaminated with highly pathogenic microorganisms. Both in the Middle Ages and when Europeans arrived in America, these agents were used, clearly knowing the effects they could have on the population. The discovery of microorganisms in the 17th century by A. van Leewenhoek and later, the great discoveries made by Microbiology and Biochemistry in the 19th century, opened new possibilities for the use of microorganisms and toxins for war purposes. The beginning of the First World War was a turning point in research by the countries of the Triple Alliance in the development and use of microorganisms for war purposes. The period between the wars and the Second World War was used by Japanese, American, English and Russian researchers to carry out their Biological Weapons Development Programs at the national level. The Geneva Protocol of 1925 laid the foundations for the non-proliferation of biological weapons by belligerent countries, which would later be endorsed by the Biological Weapons Convention (CAB) in 1972, which entered into force in 1975, that is currently endorsed by more than 160 countries of the world. The current great challenge lies in the fight against bioterrorism by international institutions.

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