Memo from WRS to Lucas
Item Details
Title
Memo from WRS to Lucas
Topics
The writer discusses factors that make biological agents dangerous and lists agents of concern.
Date
1944
Conclusions
All biological agents have two characteristics of military importance: difficulty in detection and delayed action upon personnel. While there is a long list of potential threat agents (some presented here), enough laboratory work has been done with botulism and anthrax to conclude that their causative agents have military significance, although are unlikely to cause an epidemic.
Files
Source
WRS. Memorandum for Colonel BL Lucas. February 18, 1944.
Citation
“Memo from WRS to Lucas,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed January 15, 2025, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/347.