Open AccessWHO reacts to threat of bioterrorism
Author(s) -
Fiona Reid
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.05.39.01681-en
Subject(s) - plague (disease) , biological warfare , smallpox , anthrax toxin , medicine , bacillus anthracis , virology , medical emergency , biology , vaccination , toxicology , pathology , biochemistry , genetics , gene , bacteria , fusion protein , recombinant dna
Last year, Eurosurveillance Weekly reported on the potential use of diseases such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague in biological warfare (1-3). The reports were based on a series of articles published in JAMA that also discussed diseases such as tularaemia and agents such as botulinum toxin (4-8).