Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons

Item Details

Title

Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons

Topics

This article aims to give recommendations for measures to be taken by medical and public health professionals if hemorrhagic fever viruses are used as biological weapons against a civilian population.

Date

2002

Conclusions

Hemorrhagic fever viruses have dangerous potential as biological weapons due to the lack of effective vaccines, high morbidity and mortality, transmissibility, and difficulty of diagnosis due to variable clinical presentation in the absence of risk factors.

Source

Borio, L., et al. Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses As Biological Weapons, Medical and Public Health Management. Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol 287, No. 18. May 8, 2002. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/194908. Accessed March, 2024.

Citation

“Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed January 15, 2025, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/545.