Biological Warfare Defence Medical Guidelines

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Subject: Biological Warfare Defence Medical Guidelines

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RMr?S/I.    (U) DEFINITION:         ~ BIOLOGIC~L N~RF~RE ~GENT IS DEFINED BY
THE NORTH ~TL~NTIC TREnTY ORG~NIm~TION (N4TF.i5 ~S
MICROORG~NISfri NHICH C~USES DISEr~SES IN MHN             PLH'NTS                ~ND H~'NiM~LS
OR C~USES DETERIORHIlON OF MHTERI~LS~~.                BY COl---~V'ENTION TOXINS OF
BIOLOGIC~L ORIGIN NHICH PRODUCE DISEH~SE IN M~N ~RE INCLUDED.
2.   (5)    PROBLEMS OF BIOLOGIC4L kJHRF~RE DEFENSE
     ~     (U)   RECOGNITION OF THE ~TTH~C~:
THE FIPzT Et.)IDENCE OF H~ BIOLOC~IC~L N~RFHRE ~TTH~CF:: NILL
PROB~BLY BE ~ L~RGE NUMBER OF CMSU~LTIES ILL NITH ONE OR MORE
DISE~SES.    ONE MUST FIRST ~sr; IF ~N OUTBRE~~             _ DIlE TO ~
BION~RFH'RE ~~TT~C~ OR MERELY ~N EPIDEMIC OF r~r N~TURH~LLY OCCURRING


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DISE~SE.    THE FOLLONING CONSIDER~TIONS MH'Y HELP ~NSNER THESE
QUEST IONS:   -
     - OCCURRENCE OF ~CUTELY ILL MILIT~RY ~ND CIYILI~N P~TIENTS
        NITH THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ~ M~SSIVE.             POINT-SOURCE OUTBRE~r:
     - ~ HIGH ~TT~CF::: RHIE OF CLINIC~L ILLNESS IN THE POTENTI~LLY
        EXPOSED POPULHTION.
     - THE TYPE OF ILLNESS NILL REFLECT MN UNUSU~L OR                               IMPOSSIBLE~
        MGENT FOR THE GEOGRHPHIC MRE~
     - i~i'N UNUSU~L TENDENCY FOR RESPIRnIORY MH'NIFESTH~TIONS TH~T
        IS THE SIGNHTURE OF THE MEROSOL ROUTE OF INFECTION
     - HN UNUSUHLLY HIGH Ft~'TM~LITY R~TE NITH L~RGE NUMBER OF
        FULMIN~TING ~ND F~T~L C~SES.
     - THE GEOGRMPHIC H'~REH~ OF DISE~ES IS YERY LOCMLI~ED.
     - THE OCCURRENCE OF MULTIPLE MGENTS IN SINGLE PHIlENTS MT
        THE SMME SITE. MULTIPLE EPIDEMICS MT M SINGLE SITE. MND
   -.   ThmJLT~PLE EPIDEMICS MT NIDELY SEPMRMTED SITES.
     - ;IriULTMNECiLTs INFECTIb~ OF SftiGLE PMTIENTS NITH INO OR
        M%R~ LiNLI~I_IML OR EXOTIC PMTHOGENS.