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1. BIOTERRISOM
Suthar Harshil
S.Y.B.sc(bio-tech)

2. DEFINITION
The use of infectious agents or other
harmful biological substances as
weapons of terrorism.

3. .
A
• Easily
Transmitted
• They result in
high Death
rates
• They require
special action
B
• These agents
are the
second
highest
priority
• They are
moderately
easy to
spread
C
• These third
highest
priority agents
• Easily
available
produce, and
spread.

4. CATEGORY A
Anthrax
• Bacillus anthracis
Plague
• Yersinia pestis
Ebola
• Ebola virus

5. CATEGORY B
Shigellosis
• Shigella spp.
Ricin
• Castor beans
West nile fever
• West Nile virus (WNV)

6. CATEGORY C
Swine flu
• H1N1 Influenza
Tuberculosis (TB)
• Mycobacterium
tuberculosis

7. THE ORIGIN OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPON
 The German army was the first to use weapons
of mass destruction during the First World War.
 Sir Frederick Banting created first private
biological weapon research centre in 1940.
 Japanese embarked on a largescale programme
to develop biological weapons during the
Second World War.
 1972-Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
(BTWC),
 Administration let the verification protocol fail
in 2002.

9.  The Biological weapons system is comprised of
four components.
1. Payload - The payload is the biological agent
itself.
2. Munition - protection and carries the payload
to maintain its potency during delivery.
3. Delivery system - it can be a missile, vehicle or
an artillery shell.
4. Dispersion system - The dispersion system
ensures dissemination of the payload at the
target site. Potential methods of dispersion are
aerosol sprays, explosives, and food or water
contamination.

10.  In 1984, The
Rajhneeshees osho
who attempted to
influence local
elections in Dallas,
Oregon by
contaminating salad
bars with Salmonella
typhimurium.

11. REFERENCE
 http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist-category.
asp#c
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17127625
 http://www.immed.org/illness/bioterrorism.html
 http://www.nhpf.org/library/background-papers/
bp_emergprep&bioterr_10-01.pdf
 http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/bi
oterrorism/start/1
 http://www.siumed.edu/medicine/id/bioterrorism.htm
#threat
 http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/biodefenserelated/bi
odefense/pages/cata.aspx