Bioterror CSIs Target Germs

“Back in 1346, it didn’t take a CSI unit to uncover the culprits behind one of history’s first cases of bioterrorism. Nobody could miss the plague-ridden corpses and heads catapulted over the walls of the ancient city of Kaffa, under siege by the Tartar army.

Nor could Kaffa residents ignore the subsequent epidemic, which led to their surrender and may have set off the Black Death.”