Posted on 10/28/2001 1:04:30 PM PST by chance33_98
Table Seven
Key Biological Weapons that May Be in the Middle East: Part One
| Disease | Infectivity | Transmissibility | Incubation Period | Mortality | Therapy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viral | |||||
| Chikungunya fever | high? | none | 2-6 days | very low (-1%) | none |
| Dengue fever | high | none | 5-2 days | very low (-1%) | none |
| Eastern equine encephalitis | high | none | 5-10 days | high (+60%) | developmental |
| Tick borne encephalitis | high | none | 1-2 weeks | up to 30% | developmental |
| Venezuelan equine encephalitis | high | none | 2-5 days | Low (-1%) | developmental |
| Hepatitis A | - | - | 15-40 days | - | - |
| Hepatitis B | - | - | 40-150 days | - | - |
| Influenza | high | none | 1-3 days | usually low | available |
| Yellow fever | high | none | 3-6 days | up to 40% | available |
| Smallpox (Variola) | high | high | 7-16 days | up to 30% | available |
| Rickettsial | |||||
| Coxiella Burneti (Q-fever) | high | negligible | 10-21 day | Low (-1%) | antibiotic |
| Mooseri | - | - | 6-14 days | - | - |
| Prowazeki | - | - | 6-15 days | - | - |
| Psittacosis | high | moderate-high | 4-15 days | Mod-high | antibiotic |
| Rickettsi (Rocky mountain spotted fever) | high | none | 3-10 days | up to 80% | antibiotic |
| Tsutsugamushi | - | - | - | - | - |
| Epidemic typhus | high | none | 6-15 days | up to 70% | antibiotic/vaccine |
| Bacterial | |||||
| Anthrax (pulmonary) | mod-high | negligible | 1-5 days | usually fatal | antibiotic/vaccine |
| Brucellosis | high | none | 1-3 days | -25% | antibiotic |
| Cholera | low | high | 1-5 days | up to 80% | antibiotic/vaccine |
| Glanders | high | none | 2-1 days | usually fatal | antibiotic |
| Meloidosis | high | none | 1-5 days | usually fatal | antibiotic |
| Plague (pneumonic) | high | high | 2-5 days | usually fatal | antibiotic/vaccine |
| Tularemia | high | negligible | 1-10 days | low to 60% | antibiotic/vaccine |
| Typhoid fever | mod-high | mod-high | 7-21 days | up to 10% | antibiotic/vaccine |
| Dysentery | high | high | 1-4 days | low to high | antibiotic/vaccine |
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| Disease | Infectivity | Transmissibility | Incubation Period | Mortality | Therapy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fungal | |||||
| Coccidioidomycosis | high | none | 1-3 days | low | none |
| Coccidiodes Immitis | high | none | 10-21 days | low | none |
| Histoplasma | |||||
| Capsulatum | - | - | 15-18 days | - | - |
| Norcardia Asteroides | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toxinsa | |||||
| Botulinum toxin | high | none | 12-72 hours | high neromuscular paralysis | vaccine |
| Mycotoxin | high | none | hours or days | low to high | ? |
| Staphylococcus | moderate | none | 24-48 hours | incapacitating | ? |
BTW, unless genetically modified, histoplasmosis is a remarkably mild disease. Most people don't even know they've had it, the symptoms are so mild. Mostly only elderly or immune-compromised individuals get really sick or die.
Kick Muslim visitors out of the USA.
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