MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL

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Subject: MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL                     

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Folder Title: MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL                                                     

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         examinations of suspected anthrax, plague, and tularemia
         victims should be performed with strict mask, gown, and glove
         precautions because of the large numbers of organisms present
         in body fluids.

            Prophylaxis and Therapy: All medical prophylactic
         modalities described should be viewed only as secondary (i.e.,
         backup), and are not to be relied upon as primary protective
         measures. Agent exposures near the source of dissemination
         will be high, and likely to overwhelm any medical protective
         measure. The precise efficacy of available medical
         countermeasures has, of course, never been evaluated in actual
         field circumstances, but is largely inferred from laboratory
         studies on nonhuman primates. while these extrapolations may
         be inexact, they strongly support the efficacy of vaccines and
         drugs at some agent dose.



            Outlined in Section II is an assessment of our current
         capability to respond to several of the biological agents. A
         common format is used to enable rapid consolidation of
         capabilities by response area (e.g., specific laboratory
         diagnosis, therapy, prophylaxis). Section III provides a
         review of clinical features distinguishing chemical
         neurointoxications from botulism.





















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Folder Title = MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL
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Subject = MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 24-DEC-1996