DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

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Subject: DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS       

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           related to the social situation may contribute significantly to the

           effects of this method of warfare.




      RRCOGNITION OF ATTACK


      11. @'t is '4@kely that the attack will- be nomnleted before the local

      commander, or his medical advisor, is aware that it has taken mlace. The

      medical officer mus- ;ittemnt to distinguish ;in Pnidemic of natural origins

      from a biological attack.         The number of neonle iffpcterl, the time

      relationships, the similarity of the clinical picture, the sharply nefined

      geogr;.it)'ri-c-al boundaries and the absence- of common exnostires slic-h As water or

      ,nod wil.1- nroduce an epidemiological nirturp -hat can be explained only by

      exnos,Are to an ar-4f'.c'.ai'-y disseminated etiologic agent,



      12. In -"Ip event of a biological attack, the most important factor in

      Providing nnpr;i-ionaliv relevant information and adequate medical management

      will@ be   the @anid establishment of        Fin accurate, specific etiologic

      diagnosis.   In c-ontr;qs@ tn naturally                             '@n which the

      6isease 4.nc4ldpnce    noreases over a ner4.od       of weeks or      mont,ns,  an

      artificially          ei3iciem4c7 will ne;ik, in a, few      or (i;-Rvs, @ince

        onur.,a,  attack  m;iv ',,)F-, silent or iearly so, the firs- indication of   an

      attac@l, mav we'll be the appearance of a wave of                Man h4@msell@

      the most sensitive b4lo-6etec-nr currently ai7ai-aole.            rl,4nical signs

      and Symptoms may be -on @nec-ifir or atypical          of the natural di-.se;ise.

      .'4e(i4r.al -,)er,-;onnel may be Unable to differentiate na"zral disease enidemics

      from overt: or (7,OVP-t' enemy attacks.       The incubation period.     of most

      --nfec@-'nlis diseases is Tariable, but -nay be as long as 3 weeks,      Onset of

      illness following ex-)nsi.irp -tD toxic agents may range from minutes
                                                              t7n several


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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
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Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 17-DEC-1996