Bioterrorism botulism

Tiemo, P.M., Jr., Protect Yourself against Bioterrorism Everything You Need to Know about Anthrax, Plague, Botulism, Smallpox, Encephalitis, Cholera, Hemorrhagic Fevers, Ricin, and More, Pocket Books, New York, 2002. 

Cases of botulism that appear in temporal or geographic groups should prompt rapid investigation into foodborne sources of illness as well as raise the possibility of bioterrorism in the form of inhalational botulism. Any suspected or confirmed case of botulism should prompt immediate contact with local and state health departments. 

The rest of the book, also in q a format, provides basic information on the most likely bioterrorism agents, snch as anthrax, smallpox, plagne and botulism. 

The consensus among experts in bioterrorism is that there are two agents most likely to be used by terrorists. The first is Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax. The second is Variola majors the virus that causes smallpox. In this section, we ll take a brief look at just these two agents. (Chapter 7 has more technical details on these and other biological agents, such as botulism, plague, and tularemia.) But here we ll concentrate on how anthrax and smallpox measure up as threats, and examine the steps that have been taken to respond to their possible use in attacks. 

Anniballi, R, Fiore, A., Lofstrom, C., et al., 2013. Management of animal botulism outbreaks from clinical suspicion to practical countermeasures to prevent or minimize outbreaks. Biosecur. Bioterror. 11 (Suppl. 1), S191-S199. 

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