Immunization Against Potential Biological Warfare Agents

Abstract

The intentional release of biological agents by belligerents or terrorists is a possibility that has recently attracted increased attention. Law enforcement agencies, military planners, public health officials and clinicians are gaining an increasing awareness of this potential threat. From a military perspective, an important component of the protective pre-exposure armamentarium against this threat is immunization. In addition, certain vaccines are an accepted component of post exposure prophylaxis against potential bioterrorist threat agents. These vaccines might, therefore, be used to respond to a terrorist attack against civilians. We review the development of vaccines against 10 of the most credible biological threats.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381373

Entities

People

  • Edward M. Eitzen Jr.
  • George W. Christopher
  • John R. Rowe
  • Julie A. Pavlin
  • Mark G. Kortepeter
  • Randall C. Culpepper
  • Theodore J. Cieslak

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Factors
  • Biological Toxins
  • Biological Warfare
  • Biological Warfare Agents
  • Culture Techniques
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Equine Encephalitis
  • Immunogenicity
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Q Fever
  • Rodents
  • Side Effects
  • Vaccines
  • Virus Diseases
  • Viruses

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology