BioWatch
What was BioWatch created in response to?
What is the 2001 Amerithrax attack?
What type of disease are anthrax spores known to cause?
What is Wool Sorter's disease?
In what state did the Shree Rajneesh cult settle?
Oregon
The category of Bioweapons that is reserved for the deadliest agents.
What is category A?
Which plant contains ricin?
What is the castor bean.
What is the expected time from detection of an agent to confirmation of an agent?
What is 6-24 hours
How does anthrax Gram stain?
What is Gram negative?
What was the profession of the culprit of Amerithrax
Microbiologist
A poison produced naturally by a plant or animal.
What is a Toxin?
This category of bioweapon is not known for its high rate of spread or mortality.
What is category B?
How many cities does BioWatch currently monitor?
What is 31 cities
What is the overall mechanism of action by which ricin stalls cellular processes?
What is the inhibition of protein elongation?
During Operation Seaspray what did doctors examined patients _______ and found the red pigment of Serratia marcescens
Patients urine
Anthrax is this category of bioweapon.
What is category A?
What year did the Amerithrax attacks occur?
What is 2001
How does BioWatch analyze suspected biological agents?
What is PCR / Polymerase Chain Reaction?
What is the overall mechanism by which anthrax kills cells?
What is releasing interleukin/tumor necrosis factor to trigger apoptosis.
Operation Dark Winter found that widespread panic that would emerge and would mob violence and ______________________
Mass social breakdown
Toxin, Protozoa, Fungal, Viral, Bacteria
What are the five types of bioweapons?
Who was the leader of the army that first used biological warfare?
Genghis Khan
Who is in charge of the air samplers that Biowatch air monitors attach to?
What is the EPA / Environmental Protection Agency?
What are the three binary toxins of anthrax?
What are edema factor, lethal factor, and protective antigen.
How many were hospitalized as a result of Amerithrax
22 people
The Nipah Virus is this category of Bioweapon.
What is category C?
Single-celled, prokaryotes are capable of reproducing on their own.
What is a bacteria?