title: Biological warfare agents.
abstract: Biological warfare agents are a group of pathogens and toxins of biological origin that can be potentially misused for military or criminal purposes. The present review attempts to summarize necessary knowledge about biological warfare agents. The historical aspects, examples of applications of these agents such as anthrax letters, biological weapons impact, a summary of biological warfare agents and epidemiology of infections are described. The last section tries to estimate future trends in research on biological warfare agents.
authors.affiliation: Center of Advanced Studies and Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defense, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. rau@atlas.cz
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pohanka
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuca
mesh_terms: D001694:Biological Warfare / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D054045:Biological Warfare Agents / Q000266:history; D023482:Bioterrorism / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008829:Microbiology / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D008891:Military Science
chemical_list: D054045:Biological Warfare Agents