How Prepared Are We for Possible Bioterrorist Attacks: An Approach from Emergency Medicine Perspective

Table 1

Classification of diseases and agents according to CDC guidelines.

Categories	Diseases/Agents
A	Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis), Botulism (Clostridium botulinum), Plague (Yersinia pestis), Smallpox (Variola major), Tularemia (Francisella tularensis), Viral hemorrhagic fevers
B	Brucellosis (Brucella species), epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens, food safety threats (e.g., Salmonella species, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella), Glanders (Burkholderia mallei), melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei), Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci), Q fever (Coxiella burnetii), ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (castor beans),Staphylococcal enterotoxin B, Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii), viral encephalitis alphaviruses (e.g. Venezuelan equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis), and water safety threats (e.g. Vibrio cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum)
C	Nipah virus, Hantavirus