title: Biological warfare and infection control.
abstract: Though many agents have been proposed as potential biological weapons, the feasibility of biological warfare is largely a matter of conjecture. The unpredictable and indiscriminate devastation caused by natural epidemics during wartime should warn us of the dangers of employing microbes as weapons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Nettleman
mesh_terms: D000881:Anthrax / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D001694:Biological Warfare / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D002771:Cholera / Q000635:transmission; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010930:Plague / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D012899:Smallpox / Q000635:transmission; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000635:transmission; D014438:Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / Q000635:transmission; D015010:Yersinia pestis