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cord-341298-mqpovrms	Morse, S.A.	Viruses and Bioterrorism	2016-10-31		.txt	text/plain	4787	224	44	Requirements for an ideal biological warfare agent may include: availability; ease of production; stability after production; a susceptible population (human or animal); absence of specific treatment; ability to incapacitate or kill the host; appropriate particle size in aerosols so that the virus can be carried long distances by prevailing winds and inhaled deeply into the lungs of unsuspecting victims; ability to be disseminated via food or water; and, the availability of a vaccine to protect certain groups. Classification of viral agents that are considered to be of concern for bioterrorism and biowarfare and those that have been weaponized or studied for offensive or defensive purposes as part of former or current national biological weapons programs incapacitating (eg, VEE) or lethal infections (EEE case fatality rates range from 50 to 75%) (Sidwell and Smee, 2003) . An Australian research group (Jackson et al., 2001) was investigating virally vectored immunocontraceptive vaccines based on ectromelia virus, the causative agent of the disease termed mousepox.	./cache/cord-341298-mqpovrms.txt	./txt/cord-341298-mqpovrms.txt