Besides anthrax, what are other potential diseases of bioterrorism?
A number of different bacteria, viruses, and toxins could be used as weapons of bioterrorism. Salmonella was used as a food poisoning by a religious cult in Oregon in the early 1980s to sicken hundreds of people. Biological weapons programs in the Soviet Union explored the use of smallpox, cholera, and plague. Among the 28 agents developed by the U.S. biological weapons program of the 1950s and 1960s were the agents that cause tularemia, Q-fever, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis. Most disease agents, however, are difficult to process and disseminate effectively as weapons of mass destruction. See Agents of Bioterror for a more thorough guide, with information about diseases and treatments.
