Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases
A to Z | By Category
A
B
- Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
- Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin)
- Brucella species (brucellosis)
- Brucellosis (Brucella species)
- Burkholderia mallei (glanders)
- Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)
C
- Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis)
- Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
- Clostridium botulinum toxin (botulism)
- Clostridium perfringens (Epsilon toxin)
- Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
E
- Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever
- E. coli O157:H7 (Escherichia coli)
- Emerging infectious diseases such as Nipah virus and hantavirus
- Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens
- Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli)
F
- Food safety threats (e.g., Salmonella species, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella)
- Francisella tularensis (tularemia)
G
L
M
P
- Plague (Yersinia pestis)
- Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
Q
R
- Ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (castor beans)
- Rickettsia prowazekii (typhus fever)
S
- Salmonella species (salmonellosis)
- Salmonella Typhi (typhoid fever)
- Salmonellosis (Salmonella species)
- Shigella (shigellosis)
- Shigellosis (Shigella)
- Smallpox (variola major)
- Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
T
- Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
- Typhoid fever (Salmonella Typhi)
- Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)
V
- Variola major (smallpox)
- Vibrio cholerae (cholera)
- Viral encephalitis (alphaviruses [e.g., Venezuelan equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis])
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers (filoviruses [e.g., Ebola, Marburg] and arenaviruses [e.g., Lassa, Machupo])
W
- Water safety threats (e.g., Vibrio cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum)
Y
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