Bioterrorism

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

  • 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]

See Also

Sources

  1. ↑ https://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/biodefenserelated/biodefense/pages/cata.aspx Accessed 02/26/16
  2. ↑ http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist-category.asp
  3. ↑ WHO Factsheet http://web.archive.org/web/20070921235036/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/smallpox/en/
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