Bioterrorism

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901Biological warfare / Vaccination / Anticipatory thinking / Bioterrorism / Futurology / Project Bioshield Act / Health / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Public health

TRUST FOR AMERICA’S HEALTH COMMENDS SENATE’S PROJECT BIOSHIELD FUNDING VOTE, WARNS MUCH MORE NEEDED TO INOCULATE AMERICA FROM BIOTERROR Contacts: Laura Segal[removed]x 278 or [removed] or Michael Earls (

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Source URL: healthyamericans.org

Language: English - Date: 2011-04-15 17:23:53
902Ricin / Biological warfare / Bioethics / Bioterrorism / Castor oil plant / Castor oil / Anthrax / Chemical warfare / Toxin / Biology / Lectins / Proteins

RICIN Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers Causative Agent: Potent protein toxin derived from Ricinis communis, the castor bean plant Route of Exposure: Inhalation (the most likely form for bioterrorism) o

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Language: English - Date: 2013-01-11 16:18:18
903Microbiology / Pandemics / Waterborne diseases / Neglected diseases / Cholera / Vibrio cholerae / Oral rehydration therapy / Diarrhea / Drinking water / Medicine / Health / Biology

CHOLERA Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers Causative Agent: Vibrio cholerae is a motile, gram negative, non-sporulating rod. Two serogroups have been identified as causing symptoms in humans: O1 and O139

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Language: English - Date: 2013-01-11 16:18:57
904Microbiology / Proteobacteria / Central Valley / Tularemia / Zoonoses / Francisella tularensis / Bioterrorism / Francisella / Biological warfare / Biological weapons / Medicine / Biology

TULAREMIA Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers Causative Agent: Tularemia is a zoonotic disease caused by the gram-negative coccobacillus Francisella tularensis. Routes of Exposure: Tularemia can be acquir

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Language: English - Date: 2013-01-11 16:19:16
905Biological weapons / Zoonoses / Black Death / Bacterial diseases / Pandemics / Plague / Pneumonic plague / Bubonic plague / Yersinia pestis / Medicine / Health / Biology

PLAGUE Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers Causative Agent: Gram-negative bacillus Yersinia pestis. Routes of Exposure: Inhalation, fleabite, and direct contact with infected blood and tissues. Infective

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Language: English - Date: 2013-01-11 16:18:15
906Biological weapons / Zoonoses / Bacterial diseases / Q fever / Coxiella burnetii / Tick-borne disease / Biological warfare / Bioterrorism / United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Biology / Microbiology

Q FEVER Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers Causative Agent: Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by a rickettsia Coxiella burnetii. Route of Exposure: Humans usually acquire Q fever through the inhalatio

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Language: English - Date: 2013-01-11 16:18:52
907Poxviruses / Viral diseases / Smallpox / Vaccination / Biological warfare / Orthopoxvirus / Vaccinia / Monkeypox / Bioterrorism / Biology / Medicine / Health

SMALLPOX Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers Causative Agent: Smallpox is an acute viral illness caused by variola, one of the orthopox viruses. There are two different strains of the virus, variola major

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Language: English - Date: 2013-01-11 16:18:20
908Neurotoxins / Clostridiaceae / Gram-positive bacteria / Botulism / Botulinum toxin / Clostridium / Home canning / Foodborne illness / Canning / Biology / Medicine / Microbiology

BOTULISM Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers Causative Agent: A group of seven related toxins produced by the bacillus, Clostridium botulinum. The seven distinct toxins (A through G) are produced by diffe

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Language: English - Date: 2013-01-11 16:18:49
909Health / Glanders / Melioidosis / Burkholderia / Bioterrorism / Pus / Biological warfare / Zoonosis / Infection / Medicine / Biological weapons / Biology

GLANDERS Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers Causative Agent: Glanders is a zoonotic disease caused by the gram-negative bacillus Burkholderia mallei. Though primarily a disease of horses, mules, and donk

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Language: English - Date: 2013-01-11 16:19:15
910Microbiology / Togaviruses / Biological weapons / Animal virology / Viruses / Eastern equine encephalitis virus / Encephalitis / West Nile virus / Mosquito-borne disease / Viral encephalitis / Health / Biology

EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS Bioterrorism Agent Profiles for Health Care Workers Causative Agent: Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a mosquito-borne illness caused by an alphavirus of the Togaviridae family. Routes of

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Language: English - Date: 2013-01-11 16:18:22
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