COMMON AGENTS

 

The following websites from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide comprehensive information about some of the biological and chemical agents that could be released during a terrorist attack. Topics covered within each agent are diagnosis, signs & symptoms, protection, treatment, lab criteria for diagnosis, and information specified for different groups, including the public, clinicians and first responders. All websites are available in English and Spanish.

 

Anthrax

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/

Ricin

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/

Botulism

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/botulism/

Sarin

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/sarin/

Cyanide

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/cyanide/

Smallpox

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/

Mustard Gas (Sulfur Mustard)

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/sulfurmustard/

Tularemia

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/tularemia/

Plague Information

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/plague/

VX

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/vx/