title: Medical strategies to handle mass casualties from the use of biological weapons.
abstract: This article reviews the definitions of biological weapons and mass casualties. In addition, it discusses the main operational and logistical issues of import in the medical management of mass casualties from the use of biological weapons. Strategies for medical management of specific biologic agents also are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, 101 The City Drive South, Route 128, Orange, CA 92868, USA. kkoenig@uci.edu
authors.forename: Kristi L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Koenig
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: Carl H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Schultz
mesh_terms: D001694:Biological Warfare; D023482:Bioterrorism; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans