Biological agents potential

E.5.3.2.5 Approach to Field Detection of Terrorist Chemical and Biological Agents Potential for Detection of Single Molecules of Toxins, Nerve Gas, Explosives, TNT, and DNT... 

Natural Products as Medicinal and Biological Agents Potentiating the Resources of the Rain Forest... 

In general, optical-based pH measurement techniques require relatively expensive and cumbersome instruments, and their sophisticated method cannot be easily carried out for routine assay. Interfering contact and reactions of the dye molecules, particularly considering in-vivo measurements, cannot be excluded [34], Some other possible factors, such as a weaker signal at shorter response times, complications in microfabrication, and difficulties in attaching the chemical or biological agents to the small fiber tip, are potential limitations for the application of these optical sensors to in-vivo measurements in micro environments [35]. 

Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, Field Manual No. 3-11.9. Washington, DC Government Printing Office, January 10,2005. 

Unheard of amounts of federal funds is going into the construction of biocontainment laboratories, or hot labs, where the deadliest biological agents and potential bioweapons can be studied, researched and analyzed. These new hot labs would be mainly Biosafety Level 4 and Biosafety Level 3 laboratories dealing with infectious agents and toxins, the worst kind as far as danger and safety is concerned. 

Medical Classification, Probable Form of Dissemination, Detection in the Field, Infective Dose, Incubation Time, Persistence, Personal Protection, Routes of Entry to the Body, Per-son-to-Person Transmissible, Duration of Illness, Potential Ability to Kill, Defensive Measures, Vaccines, Drugs Available, and Decontamination. In each case, for both Chemical and Biological agents, each agent will have guidelines laid out within the book. 

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