DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

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Subject: DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS       

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           e.   Recnrd fatality rates.      An unusual number of fulminating and

           fatal cases      result from the .4ac@ that a large number of

           individuals at the high riensity region of the infectious or toxic

           cloud will be Rxnosed to multiples of the lethal dose by aerosol.

           Others receiving      smaller doses may show         classical clinical

           syndromes.     'Ranidly fatal cases may rlevelon few distinctive

           syinr)toms and signs.



           f.   Definitive geographic areas of disease.         When aerosols are used,

           casualties will tend       i-O coincide with       wind direction Rnd        are


           .@reciicta'nlle.




           g. Evidence of simultaneous ext-)osure to multi-ole agents.



           h. Evidence o@ exnnriire to one or more unusual or exotic nathagens.




           i.   Evidence of a low Attack -ate in those working in areas with

           .".1tered air or a cl@ed ventilation system. Personnel working i-ndoor.@

           at the time of the Attack may also show lower attack rates.




               Increased niimber@ n' dead Animal--.




           k, Infections and toxicoses nrriirr4lng without supportive F-Dir--Iemjnl-ngy;

           e.g,l   tularemia occurring without a tick bitp or exposure to @i(-k.

           rab',n4lt-- or nuskrats, and Verezuelan ectiiine        encephalitis without

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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 = 17-DEC-1996