DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

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Subject: DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS       

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               Direct evidence (i.e. finding a contaminated bomblet or rocket from

           which an infectious agent is isolated end identified.

                                      TTNCLASSTFIED                                      11




                                      UNcr-ASSIFTED


           M. Witness of an attack.




           n.   @'he aggressor annoiincps a   ',n4ologiCa
                                                c      .1 attack. has occurred in order


           to generate terror and ranic nri-or to -hp outbreak of lines.




                                   DROPHYT%AXTS AND THERAPY




     IMMUNOPROPHYLAXTS




     14. it is anticipated that in a hiolog4-cal operational situation the agents

     would hp disseminated by aerosol and infection would be most likely via the

     -esrii-@;.itory systpm, which mav be an unnatural route of 4nfen@ion for the

     agent.   Normal Dublic Health measures used to control a natural eT-)iciemic- m;iv

     not be effective.     Vacc4nes against a niimhf-r of Potential biological threat

     agents h;-Rvp been developed and other-, are ;R@- various stages of research.



     ..5. Morbidity from immlinisat4on, although 5eneraly low noten@ja!!Y rRn            ne

     significant; this @s        seen itiorp o@tpn with relatively         crude vaccine
                           -1                   I

     preparations such as whollp cpjll killed typps. Tdinsyncrat4.c "eactinns are

     associated with nearly all -,7ac-c-ineq hi-it affect a very small ntimr.)er of

     rpc-.iT)iants.

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Declassified = 17-DEC-1996