Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases - Emergency Preparedness and …
WEBThe U.S. public health system and primary healthcare providers must be prepared to address various biological agents, including pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States. High-priority agents include organisms that pose a …
Biological warfare - Wikipedia
WEBBiological weapons may be employed in various ways to gain a strategic or tactical advantage over the enemy, either by threats or by actual deployments. Like some chemical weapons, biological weapons may also be useful as area denial weapons.
Biological weapon | Types, Effects & History | Britannica
WEBAug 6, 2024 · Biological weapon, any of a number of disease-producing agents—such as bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae, fungi, toxins, or other biological agents—that may be utilized as weapons against humans, animals, or plants. The direct use of infectious agents and poisons against enemy personnel is an ancient.
Biological weapons - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBSep 6, 2018 · Biological and toxin weapons are either microorganisms like virus, bacteria or fungi, or toxic substances produced by living organisms that are produced and released deliberately to cause disease and death in humans, animals or plants.
The world’s most dangerous bioweapons - Army Technology
WEBApr 12, 2015 · Bioweapons such as Anthrax, Botulism and Variola have been studied as weapons, engineered and in some cases even deployed to devastating affect. Army-technology lists the world’s most deadly bio-weapons.
Biological Weapons - Description and Potential List - ThoughtCo
WEBJul 3, 2019 · 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.
Biological weapons and bioterrorism: Past, present, and future
WEBFeb 28, 2018 · Sometimes known as “germ warfare,” biological weapons involve the use of toxins or infectious agents that are biological in origin. This can include bacteria, viruses, or fungi.
Biological weapon - Warfare, History, Pathogens | Britannica
WEBAug 6, 2024 · Biological weapons are not as expensive to manufacture as nuclear weapons, yet a lethal biological weapon might nonetheless be the strategic weapon that would win a war. This prospect of military advantage might tempt some regimes to acquire the weapons, though perhaps clandestinely.
Biological and Chemical Weapons - Our World in Data
WEBAlongside nuclear weapons, biological and chemical weapons are weapons of mass destruction because they can kill or injure large numbers of people and cause environmental damage. Countries have used biological and chemical weapons in warfare and assassinations.
Biological Weapons - Biological Weapons - The Merck Manuals
WEBJan 4, 2023 · Table. CDC High-Priority Biological Agents and Toxins* Recognition of Biological Weapon Injuries. Distinguishing the use of a biological weapon from a natural outbreak of disease may be difficult for doctors. Clues to a deliberate rather than a natural origin of a disease outbreak include the following:
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