Notice of Consent: H-II OPSEC This is a Humanitarian Intervention Initiative Network. This computer system, including all related equipment, networks, and network devices (specifically including Internet access) may be monitored for all lawful purposes, including to facilitate protection against unauthorized access, and to verify security procedures, survivability, and operational security. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied and used for authorized purposes. All information, including personal information, placed or sent over this system may be monitored. Use of Humanitarian Intervention Initiative Network, authorized or unauthorized, constitutes consent to monitoring of this system.  Use of this system constitutes consent to monitoring for these purposes.

Contact: Stephen M. Apatow
Founder, Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute (UN:NGO:DESA)
Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies
Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone: 203-668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet: www.humanitarian.net

H-II OPSEC
Url: www.H-II.org

Pathobiologics International
Internet: www.pathobiologics.org


1 October 2014

Ebola Outbreak 2014

One finding of this is that the 2014 SEQUENCES FALL AS A DIVERGENT LINEAGE OUTSIDE THE ZAIRE LINEAGE suggesting that this MAY BE a pre-existing endemic virus in West Africa rather than the result of spread of the EBOV lineage from the Central African countries that have had previous human outbreaks. -- Phylogenetic analysis of Guinea 2014 EBOV ebolavirus outbreak: Epidemic, 17 April 2014.

• Ebola - Transition to Crisis Response: HRI:H-II OPSEC, 1 October 2014.
• Ebola - International OIE/FAO/WHO One Health Emergency: HRI:H-II OPSEC, 15 August 2014.
• Ebola WHO Emergency - Vaccine Development Fastracked: HRI:H-II OPSEC, 2 August 2014.

7 September 2013

• Biosecurity Prioritization  - High Consequence Strains - BSL-4 labs: HRI: H-II OPSEC, 7 September 2013.
  

6 July 2013

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) have released the Suite for Automated Global Electronic bioSurveillance (SAGES), a collection of flexible, open-source software products developed for electronic disease surveillance in all settings. -- Johns Hopkins APL Releases Open-Source Electronic Disease Surveillance Software: JHAPL, 1 July 2013.

• Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center
  

17 June 2013

• DoD Activates New JPM for Medical Countermeasure Systems: Global Biodefense, 17 June 2013. 
  

9 November 2012

Optimization of global surveillance (MEDCAP, VETCAP) for CBRN, Infectious Disease Threats (genomic analysis, evolutionary tracking of high consequence pathogens).

Biodetection: Including Mutiplex Microarray:

• Chemical and Biological Defense:  DTRA: USSTRATCOM Center for Combatting WMD.
• Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS): Weapons Systems 2013.
• Joint Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS):  Weapons Systems 2012.
• Biowatch Generation 3 system: Biosurveillance: A Review and Update: Advances in Preventive Medicine, Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 301408, 9 pages, doi:10.1155/2012/301408.
• Joint Portal Shield Biological Detection System: Biological Systems Convergence – Detection/Medical, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, DTIC, 2008.
  
• Autonomous Pathogen Detection System (APDS):  Lawrence Livermore
  National Laboratory.

Related:

• World Animal Health Information Database (WAHID) Interface: OIE

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7 November 2012



DNA Biometrics - Biological Countermeasure Programs

Biometrics has been added to Exploitation Analysis capabilities through H-II: OPSEC. [1]  This field includes DNA Biometrics [2] and Biological Countermeasure Programs [3] associated with bioinformatics, [4] typing methods, validation and standardization for high consequence pathogens. 

Humanitarian Resource Institute [5] mediated extensive background and policy discussions associated with Bioinformatics: Pathological Diagnostics, during the 2001 UK FMD and SARS crisis periods. [6]   In 2006, HRI presented the keynote on DNA Based Detection Technologies [7] at the Los Alamos Future of Biodetection Systems Conference for the intelligence community. [8] 


References:

1. H-II OPSEC: HRI Humanitarian Intervention Initiative. Url:  www.H-II.org
   
2. DNA Biometrics: Biomolecular Measurement Division, Applied Genetics Group,  NIST. Url: www.nist.gov/mml/bmd/genetics/dna_biometrics.cfm
3. Biological Countermeasure Programs: Michael P. McLoughlin: Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness.Atlanta, Georgia, September 6, 2006. Url: www.hsdl.org/?view&did=477544
   
4. Bioinformatics: Pathological Diagnostics: HRI: Pathobiologics International. Url: www.humanitarian.net/biodefense/bioinformatics/
5. Pathobiologics International - The Consulting Arm of Humanitarian Resource Institute and the Humanitarian University Consortium: HRI: Pathobiologics International, 4 June 2004. Url: www.pathobiologics.org/groundzero.html
   
6. Biodefense Threat Analysis & Communications Center: Pathobiologics International.  Url: humanitarian.net/biodefense/bioinformatics/
7. DNA-based Detection Technologies (Powerpoint): Stephen M.Apatow, Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Law. Url: www.pathobiologics.org/btac/lanl/bioscience/ref/SMABDS_Final.pdf
8. Future of Biodetection Systems: Los Alamos National Laboratories, September, 2006. Url: www.lanl.gov/bioscience/biodetection.shtml

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