DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

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                                     UNCLASSTFIED


                                 MEDICAL COUNTER MEASURES

                               AGAINST THE BTNLOGICAL MATERIALS




     GENERAR.




          The nurno@p of this naner is to nrov4de an overall view of the nroblems


     that might be created      in a biological one@atinn and of the methods of

     hand!4-ng these nroblems.        ExDeri-niental and theoretical considerations

     underlie the concents set forth,          The naner is not meant to be all

     inclusive.    Additional information is available from existing textbooks on

     infectious diseases.     The renort of the American Public Health Association


     "Control of Communicable --)ispase in Man" (@l-iblished by: The American Piiblir.

     Health Association, 1015 Fifteen-h Street NW, Washington, DC 20005) is

     ,)articiii.ar'@y recommended,




     CONCEPI@-OF-B@OLOGI,@AL OPERATTONS




     5-1. The nonopp@ of biological nnera@ions is based unon epidemiological and

     ecological studies, which reveal that Pathogens, in -he course of evolution,

     have come to exis@ in a strictlv defined relationships to thpi.@ host

     organisms. Tn Particular, nathorpnic microorganisms, some of which might he

     considered    notpntial biological     agents;    often    disni@v a      tynicaliv

     Pnidemiologicai   pattern, which ,carrier natural                   -shows   little

     variation.    Snecifir. adaptation to the host species and to the vehicle of

     infection (water, a,4r@ or to a snecific intermediate host (x.7ector), are the

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