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John Julias , Biosecurity Program Manager at Draper exclusively outlines for American Security Today the growing importance of biothreat detection for professionals who work in port security , law enforcement and military security .
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John Julias , Biosecurity Program Manager at Draper exclusively outlines for American Security Today the growing importance of biothreat detection for professionals who work in port security , law enforcement and military security .

Biothreats for Port Security , Law Enforcement and Military Security

Major infectious diseases , like COVID-19 , often go un- detected until they spread .

Spotting the problem isn t easy , in part because infectious dis- ease detection , which is the foundation for surveillance and contact tracing , can take hours , if not days .

Compounding the problem is that traditional detection as- says are designed a priori while

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