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]: Materials or equipment capable of being used either in civilian applications, or for military applications subject to counterproliferation controls, or for other sensitive uses such as the drug trade ^[e]
• 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]

Organizations

• Aum Shinrikyo [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Biopreparat [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chemical Corps [r]: A branch of military service concerned with detection and decontamination of chemical, biological and radiological agents; smoke generation; and, in the past, offensive chemical warfare and biological warfare ^[e]
• 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]: The set of activities that detect and monitor the threat of weapons of special concern against one's own nation and one's allies. ^[e]

Response

• CBRNE Consequence Management Response Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Decontamination [r]: The efforts to safeguard property and people that have been exposed to chemical, nuclear, or biological agents. ^[e]

Other related topics

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