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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.

DISEASE Anthrax Bacillus anthracis Cholera Vibrio cholera

Diphtheria Corynebacterium diphtheria

Plague Yersinia pestis

CAUSATIVE AGAENT

WHAT ARE ADVANTAGES OF BIOLOGICS AS WEAPONS?

May be easier, faster to produce and more cost-May be easier, faster to produce and more cost-effective than other weapons effective than other weapons

Potential for dissemination over large geographic areaPotential for dissemination over large geographic area High morbidity and mortalityHigh morbidity and mortality Creates panic Creates panic Person-to-person transmission possible (smallpox, Person-to-person transmission possible (smallpox,

plague, and viral hemorrhagic fever)plague, and viral hemorrhagic fever) Difficult to diagnose and/or treatDifficult to diagnose and/or treat

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

Generate high levels of panic among population

Easy to obtainInexpensiveEasy to produce in mass quantitiesCan be relatively easily “weaponized” or

altered for maximum effect (even with genetic manipulation)

High infectivityHigh person-to-person contagionHigh mortality

Symptoms of Potential Bioterrorism Symptoms of Potential Bioterrorism Diseases - Challenges of DetectionDiseases - Challenges of Detection

AnthraxAnthrax

PlaguePlague

Q feverQ fever

TularemiaTularemia

SmallpoxSmallpox

AgentAgent

MediastinitisMediastinitis

PneumoniaPneumonia

Pleuritis, hepatitisPleuritis, hepatitis

PneumoniaPneumonia

PustulesPustules

Clinical EffectClinical Effect

} HeadacheHeadache

FeverFever

MalaiseMalaise

CoughCough

InitialInitial SymptomsSymptoms

Operation Desert Storm

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.)

GULF WAR 1991

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THE ESCHAR OF CUTANEOUS ANTHRAX

US Series 18 cases in 101

years Last Pulmonary

Case 1976 Sverdlosk, USSR:

Large outbreak from weapons plant

Highly perverted data…KGB, Meselson

2001 US?

REFERENCEBOOKS : Brooks ICSE Biology-1

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

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