BIOTERRORISM AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, FROM PAST TO THE PRESENT: A CLASSIC REVIEW

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ZARE BIDAKI MAJID; BALALI MOOD MAHDI

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Journal: Journal of Birjand University of Medical Sciences Year:2015 | Volume:22 | Issue:3 Page(s): 182-198

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BIOTERRORISM AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, FROM PAST TO THE PRESENT: A CLASSIC REVIEW

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ZARE BIDAKI MAJID | BALALI MOOD MAHDI | Issue Writer Certificate

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BIOTERRORISMQ2

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONSQ2

HISTORICAL REVIEWQ2

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BIOTERRORISM is defined as any terrorist action of intentional release or dissemination of highly pathogenic biological agents, including a variety of microorganisms or biological toxins. With the growing threat of terrorism, is necessary that the potential danger of various microorganisms – as a powerful tool of aggression and threat- to be taken seriously.This review tries to explain the concept of BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS and their historical development process with an emphasis on efforts to control the proliferation of these types of weapons over the last century. Potential impact of infectious diseases on people and armed forces was known from since 600 BC.Using the victims of the plague as a weapon in medieval warfare and spread of smallpox as a weapon during the war against the Indians when initially America was discovered, the development of BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS during the World War I, World War II and the Cold War, and even since the beginning of the third millennium, all show the strategic importance of pathogenic microorganisms as a deterrent power for the superiority of some governments and cults.Historical attempts to use infectious diseases as BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS reveal that the distinction between a natural outbreak of an infectious disease and that of a deliberate biological attack is very difficult. Abusing this characteristic of infectious diseases has made it possible for the purposes of superiority.International agreements to control the development of BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, such as “the 1925 Geneva Protocol” and “the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Biological and Toxic Weapons” have not been able to control the development and using of biological warfare. The current paper is a classic review (Overview) article aiming at increasing the knowledge and awareness of people; especially of health authorities and government officials.

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ZARE BIDAKI, MAJID, & BALALI MOOD, MAHDI. (2015). BIOTERRORISM AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, FROM PAST TO THE PRESENT: A CLASSIC REVIEW. JOURNAL OF BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 22(3), 182-198. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/95436/en

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ZARE BIDAKI MAJID, BALALI MOOD MAHDI. BIOTERRORISM AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, FROM PAST TO THE PRESENT: A CLASSIC REVIEW. JOURNAL OF BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES[Internet]. 2015;22(3):182-198. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/95436/en

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MAJID ZARE BIDAKI, and MAHDI BALALI MOOD, “BIOTERRORISM AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, FROM PAST TO THE PRESENT: A CLASSIC REVIEW,” JOURNAL OF BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 182–198, 2015, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/95436/en

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