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CBRNE
Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, Nuclear,
or
High-Yield Explosive
Events
BIOTERRORISM
DISEASES/aGENTS:
A Visual Guide for
US Air Force Public Health
MEDICAL ASPECTS of CHEMICAL and BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
Naturally Occurring Disease Smart Cards 
General Information
CBWInfo.com The
site for information about chemical and biological weapons for
emergency, safety and security personnel
CDC: Recognition of Illness Associated with the Intentional
Release of a Bio. Agent
Preparedness Today - What You Need to Know (American Red
Cross and CDC)
Video: "The History of Bioterrorism" CDC
CDC Category A Agents
CDC Category B Agents
Links
American Red Cross
CDC - Public Health Emergency Preparedness and
Response -
En Español
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Preparedness (CIDRAP)
CDC - Chemical Agents
CDC - Radiation
Food and Water Security Links
Medline Plus: U.S. National Library of Medicine
and NIH
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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www.ready.gov
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
World Health Organization
Potential Bioterrorism Agents
Highest priority agents. Organisms
that pose a risk to national security because they can be easily
disseminated or transmitted from person to person; that result in
high mortality rates and have the potential for major public health
impact; that might cause public panic and social disruption; and
that require special action for public health preparedness.
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin)
Plague (Yersinia pestis)
Smallpox (Variola virus)
Tularemia (Franciscella tularensis)
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (Arenaviruses, Bunyaviruses)
Second highest priority agents.
Organisms that are moderately easy to disseminate; that result in
moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates; and that
require enhanced diagnostic capacity and disease surveillance.
Brucellosis (Brucella species)
Epsilon toxin of
Clostridium perfringens
Food safety threats (Salmonella species,
Escherichia
coli O157:H7, Shigella)
Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)
Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)
Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
Q fever
(Coxiella burnetii)
Ricin toxin from
Ricinus communis (castor beans)
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)
Viral encephalitis (e.g.
VEE,
EEE, WEE)
Water safety threats (e.g.
Vibrio cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum)
Look for the following clues that may suggest a
bioterrorism event has occurred:
An unusual increase or clustering of patients
presenting with unexplained illness and any of the following:
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Sepsis
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Pneumonia
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Flaccid muscle paralysis
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GI illness
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Bleeding disorders
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Severe flu-like illness
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Rash
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Encephalitis/meningitis
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An unusual or impossible pathogen for your
region in a patient without a travel history to an endemic area (e.g., a case of plague in a patient that does
not live in, or has not traveled to, the southwest region of the
U.S.).
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An unusual temporal and/or geographical
clustering of illness (example: persons who attended the same
public event or gathering).
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Simultaneous disease outbreaks in human and animal
populations.
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