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BIOLOGICAL AGENTS & THE DISEASES THEY CAUSE
Biologic Agent
Disease caused by the agent
Bacillus anthracis
Anthrax (1)
Clostridium botulinum toxin
Botulism(2)
Yersinia pestis
Plague(3)
Variola major
Smallpox(4)
Francisella tularensis
Tularemia(5)
(filoviruses [for example, Ebola, Marburg] and arenaviruses [for example, Lassa, Machupo])
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers(5)
Brucella species
Brucellosis(6)
Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens
Food Poisoning(7)
Salmonella species, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella
Food Poisoning
Burkholderia mallei(8)
Glanders
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Melioidosis(9)
Chlamydia psittaci
Psittacosis(10)
Coxiella burnetii(11)
Q fever
Ricinus communis
(castor beans)(12)
Ricin toxing poisoning
Staphylococcal
enterotoxin B(13)
Rickettsia prowazekii
Epidemic Typhus(14)
Vibrio cholerae
Cholera
Cryptosporidium parvum
Crytosporidiosis
Alphaviruses (for example, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis) and flaviviruses (for example, West Nile encephalitis, Saint Louis encephalitis, Dengue)
Viral Encephalitis
Influenza virus
Influenza
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
MDR TB and XDR TB
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