Biological weapon/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Infectious disease [r]: In broad terms, diseases caused by living organisms; also a subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the treatment of such diseases ^[e]
• Weapons of mass destruction [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

Categorization

• Biological Weapons and Toxins Convention [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dual-use [r]: Add brief definition or description
• CDC Bioterrorism Agents-Disease list [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Select Agent Program [r]: Pathogens or biological toxins which have been declared by the US Department of Health and Human Services or by the US Department of Agriculture to have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. ^[e]

Investigation and verification

• Hutton inquiry [r]: Add brief definition or description
• United Nations Special Commission [r]: (UNSCOM) United Nations organization, formed after the Iraq War, to assess the weapons of mass destruction capability of Iraq ^[e]
• Medical intelligence [r]: Add brief definition or description

Organizations

• Aum Shinrikyo [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Biopreparat [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chemical Corps [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fort Detrick [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Porton Down [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Unit 731 [r]: Imperial Japanese Army research and development facility for biological weapons, headquartered in Pingfan, Manchuria; headed by Gen. Shiro Ishii; engaged in human experimentation and field use of weapons ^[e]

Production

• Centrifuge [r]: A device which separates particles or droplets suspended in a liquid based on their relative densities,using centrifugal force generated by spinning the sample rapidly around a fixed axis. ^[e]
• Fermenter [r]: In an industrial context, a large vessel, agitators and circulating pumps, heating or chilling, air supply or air exclusion, etc., used to produce large amounts of microorganisms or of their components or secretions ^[e]
• Lyophilizer [r]: Commonly called a freeze-dryer, a method of preserving, with high quality, foods, sensitive chemicals, and even living cells, by chilling them to cryogenic temperatures and then applying vacuum such that the frozen water sublimes in place, not disrupting the structure of the frozen material ^[e]

Dissemination

• Aerosol dispersion [r]: In the context of weapons of mass destruction, the range of technologies necessary to deliver biological or chemical weapons, to large areas, as "clouds" of aerosolized particles ^[e]
• Entomological warfare [r]: The use of insects, or more generally arthropods, as a biological weapon; the most common usage is to use the insects as vectors for transferring pathogenic microorganisms, but there have been suggestions of direct use of harmful insects, especially against agricultural targets ^[e]

Defense

• Counterproliferation [r]: Add brief definition or description

Response

• CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Decontamination [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Chemical Weapons Convention [r]: Add brief definition or description