Biological weapons assignment: Due Monday April 18
Choose one of the following (or another organism or toxin produced by an organism that could potentially be used as a biological weapon). Find this list also on page 4 of your book.
anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
botulism (Clostridium botulinum)
brucellosis (Brucella melitensis)
cholera (Vibrio cholera)
Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever (virus)
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (virus)
melioidosis (Pseudomonas pseudomallei)
plague (Yersinia pestis)
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
Rift Valley fever (virus)
Smallpox (variola virus)
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Has this organism or toxin been used as a weapon? If so how? How does it work (for example – does it work as a neurotoxin? enterotoxin? Or is it a virus or a bacteria that works on the cell? If it works on the cell, what does it do?
Also, how is it transmitted?
This should be about a page long (in your own writing!) and don’t forget the citations!