Center for Disease Control
Bioterror is perhaps the least understood of the terror methods. Yes the anthrax mailings did some damage, but most of the targets survived, and none passed on their illnesses--a critical feature of bioterrorism. Bio agents are notoriously difficult to refine into new lethal strains. And the human immune system is famously versatile in its ability to fight off and destroy invaders. In use, a contagious bio agent could spread everywhere, throughout humankind. Tools to stop bioterror dead in its tracks are being developed,
The Center for Disease Control provides the following lists:
Category
A
|
Disease |
Bio-agent |
|
Smallpox |
variola
major |
| Anthrax |
Bacillus
anthricis |
|
Plague |
Yersinia
pestis |
|
Botulism |
botulinium
toxin (Clostridium botulinium) |
| Tularemia |
Francisella
tularensis |
|
Hemorrhagic
Fever | Filovirus/arenaviruses
|
Category B
| Disease |
Bio-agent |
| Q
fever | Coxiella
burnetii |
| Brucellosis |
Brucella
species |
| Glanders |
Burkholderia
mallei |
| Melsodosis |
Burkholderia
pseudomallei |
| viral
encephalitis | alphaviruses |
| Typhus |
Rickettsia
provazekii |
| toxin
syndrome |
toxins (ricin, Epsilon, Clostridium, perefringens, staphylococcal enterotoxin B) |
| Psittacosis |
Chlamydia
psittaci |
| food-borne
disease agents | Salmonella
species, Escherichia coli, Shigella |
| water-borne
disease agents | Vibrio
cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum |
Category C
- Any agent identified by the CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases program, such a Nipah virus, Hantavirus, and tick borne Hemorrhagic Fevers.
Posted by RoadToPeace on Saturday, November 05, 2005.
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