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Appendix C Harmful Properties of Biological Agents
Pages 184-190

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... . Rickettsia Rickettsia are intracellular microscopic organisms intermediate between bacteria and viruses.
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... Viruses cannot multiply on their own, but inside a living cell they become active organisms that can multiply. The viruses considered for potential use in warfare include the Ebola virus, Hanta virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, yellow fever virus, Rift Valley fever virus, the funin virus (Argentine hemorrhagic fever)
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... 1998. Biological Warfare: A Historical Perspective.
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  • warfare agents
  • yellow fever
  • rift valley
  • biological toxins

  • biological warfare
  • genetically altered
  • valley fever
  • spotted fever
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  • dengue fever
  • ebola virus
  • mountain spotted
  • variola virus
  • venezuelan equine

  • hanta virus
  • required detection
  • detection capability
  • equine encephalitis
  • altered organisms

  • rocky mountain
  • widely distributed
  • living organisms
  • living cell
  • selected viral

  • bacillus anthracis
  • infectivity associated
  • organism consisting
  • organisms intermediate
  • microscopic organism


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