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WHAT ARE BIOWEAPONS

BIO IN SIMPLE STANDS FOR LIFE WEAPONS STANDS FOR LIFE KILLING AGENT

Biological weapons are toxic materials produced from pathogenic organisms (usually microbes) or artificially manufactured toxic substances that are used to intentionally interfere with the biological processes of a host. These substances work to kill or incapacitate the host. Biological weapons may be used to target living organisms such as humans, animals or vegetation. They may also be used to contaminate nonliving substances such as air, water and soil.

Bacteria

Virus

Biological agents

Fungi

Protist

DISEASE

Anthrax Cholera

CAUSATIVE AGAENT Bacillus anthracis

Vibrio cholera

Diphtheria Plague

Corynebacterium diphtheria Yersinia pestis

WHAT ARE ADVANTAGES OF BIOLOGICS AS WEAPONS?

May be easier, faster to produce and more cost-effective than other weapons Potential for dissemination over large geographic area High morbidity and mortality Creates panic Person-to-person transmission possible (smallpox, plague, and viral hemorrhagic fever) Difficult to diagnose and/or treat

Inexpensive and easy to produce Can be aerosolized (1-10 m) Survives sunlight, drying, heat Cause lethal or disabling disease Person-to-person transmission No effective treatment

Generate high levels of panic among population Easy to obtain Inexpensive Easy to produce in mass quantities Can be relatively easily weaponized or altered for maximum effect (even with genetic manipulation) High infectivity High person-to-person contagion High mortality

Symptoms of Potential Bioterrorism Diseases Challenges of Detection

Initial Symptoms

Agent Anthrax Plague Q fever Tularemia Smallpox

Clinical Effect Mediastinitis Pneumonia Pleuritis, hepatitis Pneumonia Pustules

Headache Fever

Malaise
Cough

Operation Desert Storm

GULF WAR 1991

The United Nations confirmed that Iraq had weaponized anthrax, botulism and ricin. An anthrax vaccination program was initiated for troops engaged in Operation Desert Storm. (After the war, Iraq admitted testing weaponized anthrax in missiles.)

THE ESCHAR OF CUTANEOUS ANTHRAX

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US Series
18 cases in 101 years Last Pulmonary Case

1976

Sverdlosk, USSR:
Large outbreak from

weapons plant Highly perverted dataKGB, Meselson

2001 US?

REFERENCE
BOOKS : Brooks ICSE Biology-1

URLs : http://www.americanscience.com http://www.google.com http://www.bioschool.com

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