Biosecurity

Bioterrorism and Public Health Service: Defining Management and Treatment Systems

Few will recall that little more than a decade ago, the possibility of biological terrorism was neither anticipated nor understood by professionals or the civilian community. The effects of a nuclear attack were documented and tangible. Chemical accidents were not uncommon, but the potential catastrophe of an epidemic following the deliberate release of a biological pathogen was difficult to comprehend. We are living in an era of uncertainty and change and the use of biological weapons is a serious problem of public health that increases the probability of “possible incidents” related and not just to bioterrorism. Some bacteria, viruses and toxin are greater problem for human health. They are employed better in agriculture, in food manufacturing and have an effect even on Environment, too. Terrorists used biological for their virulence, toxicity, transmissibility and their lethality, but what really makes those particular microorganisms used as weapons is the high pathogenicity, which can grow from a single organism or a cell. Biological agents have: the relatively low costs of production are sometimes readily available and not have significant problems regarding storage and transport. Moreover, terrorist organizations, in addition to naturally existing pathogens, may grope to use genetically modified micro-organisms (GMMs).