DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

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                               pneumonic plague versus bubonic plague; and pulmonary pneumonia versus
                               common food poisoning for staphyloccal enlerocoxin B.

                               e.  Record fa "LiLy rates.    An unusual number of fulminating and fatal
                               cases mav result from the fact LhaL a large number of individuals ac
                               the high density region Of the infectious or toxic cloud will be
                               exposed LO Multiples of the lechat dose by aerosol.     Ochers receiving
                               smaller doses may show classical-clinical syndromes.     Rapidly fatal
                               cases may develop few recognizable symptoms and signs.

                               f.  Definitive geographic areas of disease.     When aerosols are used,
                               cas"LLie!s.will tend to coincide With ind direction and are
                               predictable.

                               9.  Evidenae of simultaneous exposure to mulciple agents.

                               h.  Evidence of exposure co one or more unusual or exotic pathogens.

                               i.  Evidence of a low attack rate in those working indoors, especially
                               in areas wich filtered air or a closed ventilacion system.

                               j.  Increased numbers of dead animals of all species.

                               k.  Infections and Loxicoses occurring wiehouc supportive epidemiology;
                               e.g., cularemia occurring without a tick bite or exposure to sick
                               rabbits or muskrat$, and Venezuelan equine encephalicis wichouc
                               veccors.

                               1.  Direcc evidence (i.e. finding a concaminated bomblet or rocket from
                               which an infectious agent is isolated and identified).

           m. Witness of an attack.

                               n.  The aggressor announces a biological actack has occurred in order
                               to generace terror and panic prior to the outbreak of illness.

                       608.    A report form as well as a compucer program would generate helpful
                       information.   Epidemiclogic information on the current outbreak of illness
                       would be compared to previous natural outbreaks whose occurrences were encered
                       into the cornpucer.  A marked deviation of the current outbreak from prior
                       outbreaks could then be documented using statistical Methods.      The probability
                       that the outbreak in question is a SW attack is then rapidly calculated by the
                       compucer. One major problem with this system is the paucity of data on prior
                       Outbreaks of many diseases.    Another problem is the need to know the actual
                       diagnosis, but this lack can be circ=venced by using syndrome-based
                       epidemiological data.

                       PATIENT HANDLING FOR DIAGNOSIS

                       609.    Although definite policies have not yet been established by the NATO
                       nations, the most practical approach to the problems Associated with
                       establishing a diagnosis in a short period of time would be to utilize every
                       available local capability but, at the same time, LO plan for the immediate


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