Biological terrorism against animals and humans: A brief review and primer for action

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-43

  Noah, Donald L ^a,b   Noah, Don L ^a,b   Crowder, Harvey R ^a,c  

^a Bolling Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

^b Oregon Department of Human Services ^*  (United States)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHRAX; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BOTULISM; BRUCELLOSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HANTAVIRUS; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; JUNIN VIRUS; LASSA FEVER; LIVESTOCK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PLAGUE; Q FEVER; REVIEW; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SMALLPOX; TERRORISM; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TULAREMIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; YELLOW FEVER;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ANTHRAX; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HANTAVIRUS; JUNIN VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VARIOLA VIRUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0036663108     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.40     Document Type: Review

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