CDC Bioterrorism Diseases-Agents List/Related Articles: Difference between revisions

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Biological weapon [r]: Living organisms, or substances produced by living organisms, used as weapons to produce death or disease in human or agricultural populations ^[e]
Bioterrorism [r]: Add brief definition or description

Viral hemorrhagic fever [r]: Illnesses that are caused by five distinct families of RNA viruses: the Arenaviridae, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Togaviridae, and Flaviviridae, characterized by fever and bleeding disorders that can all progress to high fever, shock and death in extreme cases. ^[e]
- Arenaviridae [r]: Add brief definition or description
  - Lassa fever [r]: Add brief definition or description
  - Machupo virus [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Filoviridae [r]: Add brief definition or description
  - Ebola virus [r]: Add brief definition or description
  - Marburg virus [r]: Add brief definition or description
Bacillus anthracis [r]: The bacterium that causes anthrax. It is a Select Agent and a high-risk biological weapon. ^[e]
Coxiella burnetii [r]: The rickettsia that causes Q fever. ^[e]
Francisella tularensis [r]: Pathogenic, aerobic Gram-negative bacteria, that causes the circulatory disease tularemia, which can be contracted via contaminated food or drink, physical contact, spray, or bug bite. ^[e]
Variola major [r]: Add brief definition or description
Yersinia pestis [r]: Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, that can infect humans and other animals in three main forms: pneumonic, septicemic, and the notorious bubonic plagues. ^[e]

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 ==Parent topics==
 {{r|Biological weapon}}
 {{r|Bioterrorism}}
+==Subpages==
+===Category A Agents===
+{{r|Viral hemorrhagic fever}}
+{{r|Arenaviridae||**}}
+{{r|Lassa fever||***}}
+{{r|Machupo virus||***}}
+{{r|Filoviridae||**}}
+{{r|Ebola virus||***}}
+{{r|Marburg virus||***}}
+{{r|Bacillus anthracis}}
+{{r|Coxiella burnetii}}
+{{r|Francisella tularensis}}
+{{r|Variola major}}
+{{r|Yersinia pestis}}
+====Toxins====
+{{r|Clostridium botulinum toxin}}
+===Category A Agents===
+{{r|Brucellae}}
+{{r|Brucella abortus||**}}
+{{r|Brucellosis melitensis||**}}
+{{r|Brucella suis||**}}
+{{r|Burkholderia}}
+{{r|Burkholderia mallei||**}}
+{{r|Burkholderia pseudomallei||**}}
+{{r|Chlamydia psittaci}}
+{{r|Microbial food safety hazards}}
+{{r|Escherichia coli H157-O7||**}}
+{{r|Salmonellae||**}}
+{{r|Shigellae||**}}
+{{r|Rickettsia prowazekii}}
+{{r|Microbial water safety hazards}}
+{{r|Vibrio cholerae||**}}
+{{r|Cryptosporidium parvum||**}}
+{{r|Togaviridae}}
+{{r|Alphavirus Group A||**}}
+{{r|Venezuelan equine encephalitis||***}}
+{{r|Eastern equine encephalitis||***}}
+{{r|Western equine encephalitis||***}}
+{{r|Yersinia pestis}}
+====Toxins====
+{{r|Ricin}}
+{{r|Staphylococcal enterotoxin B}}
+{{r|Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin}}
+===Category C agents===
+{{r|Hantaviruses}}
+{{r|Hendra virus}}
+{{r|Nipah virus}}
 ==Other related topics==
 {{r|Dual-use}}
 {{r|Select Agent Program}}