MIC130 exam 3 Questions and Answers
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biowarfare - intentional use of disease-causing organisms or products of organisms
to infect populations to attain a military objective
bioterrorism/biocrime - intentional use of disease-causing organisms or products of
organisms to infect humans, animals, or plants in order to cause civil unrest and
panic or instigate a crime
pontiac's rebellion (french and indian war) - the english used variola-laden
(smallpox) blankets in 1763 at fort pitt to subdue indians loyal to the french during
the french and indian war
geneva protocol of 1925 - -a protocol for the prohibition of the use in war of
asphyxiating gas and of biological methods of warfare
-banned all use during war
-29 nations signed this
ping fan, manchuria - -japan invaded manchuria 1931
-developed unit 731 as a biological warfare research, development, and production
facility
-thousands of chinese, koreans, russians, criminals, and POWs were deliberately
experimented on
-japanese dropped y restis infected rice and fleas onto several chinese villages
,camp (fort) detrick - -US started their program in 1943
-still used for the study of biological agents for defensive purposes
pine bluff, arkansas - US major production facility housed on 14,000 acres
-1950
san francisco, california- 1950 - -city was sprayed with bacterial species serrate
marcescens as part of a germ warfare test
-one of the city hospitals recorded first outbreak of a s. marcescens infection and
one man died
president nixon- nov 25, 1969 - -partially in response to protests over the use of
chemicals in Vietnam, nixon unilaterally and unconditionally renounced all
biological weapons
-Us program was terminated
-all offensive stock were destroyed by 1972
biological and toxin weapons convention - -banned all biological agents for use in
war
-destroy all stocks
-limitations in terms of enforcement
-core list of 19 bacterial species, 43 viruses, 14 toxins, and 1 fungus
biopreparet - -massive organization of soviet bio-research laboratories and
production plants under a supposedly non-military umbrella
-developed weapons-grade BWs, made better BWs, and designed effective
delivery systems for these BWs
sverdlovsk - -april 1979
-worst accident in the history of biological weapons production occurred at this
facility east of the ural mountains in russia
-anthrax
the dalles, oregon - -september 1984
-the cult tried to affect a local county election
-rajneeshee cult sprayed salmonella onto the salad bars in 10 different locations
-751 people became sick with diarrhea
iraq 1980s-1990s - -iraqi's built 6 BW facilities
, anthrax mail attacks - -sept-oct 2001
-2 waves
-first targeted the media mailed on september 18
-second targeted the government on october 9
-people affected in connecticut, new jersey, new york, washington DC, and florida
2018 ricin incident - -willian clyde allen
-utah man indicted october 24 2018 for sending ricin filled letters to president
trump and other government officials
FBI definition of biological warfare/terrorist agent - any microbe, virus, infectious
substance, or biological product capable of causing:
-death of disease in a human, animal, plant, or another living organism
-deterioration of food, water, or environment
-deleterious effect on the environment
attributes of biological weapons - -inexpensive
-readily available
-tasteless, odorless, invisible
-hard to detect
-infrastructure stays intact
-create fear/panic
-can genetically engineer to make it worse
-may have efficient human to human transmission
disadvantages of biological weapons - -morally/ethically repugnant
-hard to control
-harm self
-delivery problems
overt bioterrorist event - -announced
-people fall sick/ill
-organism unconfirmed
-hoaxes are considered real
covert bioterrorist event - -unannounced
-people fall ill/die
-organism confirmation
-increase in number or there is an unusual geographical distribution
