DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

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Subject: DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS       

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     hours.   Considerable time may elat)se following a biological attack before

     the extent of the exposure is T)ercei@7ed.     Some notential biological agents

     are transmissible among humans, so snread after the initial attack may be

     imnorted.




     DETPC@TON




     "@q. The -@ollow4.ng information, '.f available, will heli) in determining the

     occurrence of a biological attack..



           R. The number of aciiteiv      military and civilian nat4ents.    A large

           number of casualties with similar clinical findings would be Pxr.)ected

           4,n the first hours or days and, -'n the case of toxins, ;is short as

           minutes. The Pnidemiology should be that of a massivp single source.



           b.  The attack rate of clinical illness will be very high relative to

           those at risk.




           r. .'he illness type may 'np Unusual or "impossible" 'For the @pog-ar)hjc

           area. For ex;imnle, Venezl-ielaT,. equine Pnrenhalitis in 71.irone.




           r                                route
           @l, Signature of the aerosol            of exposure.    There may be an

           unusual nrevalence of respiratory Involvement 4n diseases that, when

           acau@-@-ed n nature, almost allwavs cause a different non-nuimonary

           syndrome, For examnle, inhalation anthrax versus cutaneous anthrax.

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Declassified = 17-DEC-1996