Unconventional Biological Threats and the Molecular Biological Response to Biological Threats
作者:
Ronald Greenfield,
Brock Lutz,
Mark Huycke,
Michael Gilmore,
期刊:
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
(OVID Available online 2002)
卷期:
Volume 323,
issue 6
页码: 350-357
ISSN:0002-9629
年代: 2002
出版商: OVID
关键词: Bioterrorism;Influenza;Agroterrorism
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
This article concludes this symposium on potential agents of warfare and terrorism with discussion of 3 topics. First, influenza A virus is discussed as a potential biological weapon. Although it does not receive much attention in this role, the potential for mass casualties and public panic certainly exist if an epidemic of a virulent influenza A virus were initiated. Second, agroterrorism, terrorism directed at livestock or poultry or crops, is briefly discussed. Finally, the potential role of techniques of modern molecular biology to create new agents for bioterrorism or enhance the terrorist potential of available agents, and the known roles of these techniques in defense against biological warfare or terrorism are discussed.
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