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==Top 6 Agents of Concern (CDC)== | ==Top 6 Agents of Concern (CDC)== | ||
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*All these agents are classified as category A (most deadly) by the CDC<ref>http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist-category.asp</ref> | *All these agents are classified as category A (most deadly) by the CDC<ref>http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist-category.asp</ref> | ||
Revision as of 02:05, 10 June 2015
Top 6 Agents of Concern (CDC)
Bioterrorism Agents[1]
Category A
Category B
- Ricin
- Brucellosis
- Epsilon toxin
- Psittacosis
- Q Fever
- Staph enterotoxin B
- Typhus
- Glanders
- Melioidosis
- Food safety threats
- Water safety threats
- Viral encephalitis
Category C
- Influenza
- Yellow fever
- Tickborne hemorrhagic fever
- Tickborne encephalitis
- All these agents are classified as category A (most deadly) by the CDC[2]
- These disease still exist globally in both western and developed countries. Smallpox last naturally occurred in 1977[3]