High-Threat Biological Agents : Characteristics, Effects, and Policy Implications.

Provides overview of high-threat biological agents such as anthrax, plague, smallpox, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. Discusses protection against and detection of high-threat biological agents; use of biological agents as weapons of mass destruction versus weapons of terror; and current po...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Provides overview of high-threat biological agents such as anthrax, plague, smallpox, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. Discusses protection against and detection of high-threat biological agents; use of biological agents as weapons of mass destruction versus weapons of terror; and current policy and activities related to high-threat biological agents, including export control, R&D, biological detectors, first responder equipment, and federal response teams.
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