Sentences with phrase «bioterrorism agents»
"Bioterrorism agents" refers to infectious substances or harmful biological materials that are intentionally used to cause harm or fear among people. These agents can include bacteria, viruses, toxins, or other biological agents that are sometimes used as weapons to create widespread illness, casualties, or panic. Full definition
The pathogenic strain of Junin virus causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever and is considered a potential bioterrorism agent.
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«We only have two licensed vaccines against bioterrorism agents — anthrax and smallpox — and that's it.
Case fatality rates associated with Marburg virus have been reported to be nearly 90 percent and the virus is deemed a potential «Category A» bioterrorism agent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Professor of Chemistry at TSRI, said he decided to explore botulism neurotoxin due to its debilitating and life - threatening effects, as well as its danger as a potential bioterrorism agent.
The low dose required for infectivity and the severity of the disease it causes had led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to classify F. tularensis as a Category A bioterrorism agent, and to track tularemia cases nationwide, according to Dr. Brook Peterson, a senior scientist at the UW School of Medicine who also participated in the study.
In fact, because it can be transmitted through the air, the government considers the plague a Category A bioterrorism agent and a serious potential threat.
Ricin, the potent toxin and bioterrorism agent, has no antidote and can cause death within days.
We could even look to the biodefense realm, in terms of a rapid, handheld nebulizer treatment that soldiers could use in the case of exposure to a bioterrorism agent.»
In its first test in people, a vaccine against the toxin ricin appears safe and generates antibodies that are expected to be protective against the potential bioterrorism agent.
Burkholderia mallei is an infectious intracellular pathogen whose virulence and resistance to antibiotics makes it a potential bioterrorism agent.
Bacillus anthracis, Burkholderia, Coxiella, Francisella, and Yersinia have all been used for potential «bioterrorism agents».