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bioterrorism
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bi·o·ter·ror·ism (b-tr-rzm)
n.
The use of biological agents, such as pathogenic organisms or agricultural pests, for terrorist purposes.

Bioterrorism
The intentional use of disease-causing microbes or other biologic agents to intimidate or terrorize a civilian population for political or military reasons. Type A influenza virus could be used as an agent of bioterrorism.

bioterrorism,
the calculated use, or threatened use, of biologic agents against civilian populations in order to attain political or ideologic goals by intimidation or coercion.

Bioterrorism
A hypothetical scenario in which a hostile individual, organization or nation uses or threatens to use of biologic weapons as a vehicle for extortion or to advance a terrorist agenda

bioterrorism 
the use, or threat of use, of biological agents to negatively affect the health of a population; the objective is to instill fear and disrupt the normal functioning of a society or culture.

bioterrorism
Global village A hypothetical scenario in which a hostile individual, organization or nation threatens the use of biologic weapons as a vehicle for extortion. See Anthrax, Ecoterrorism, Smallpox.


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361 RC88 A selection of 17 papers from a workshop in Varna, Bulgaria, in May 2003 discuss bio-terrorism, agro-terrorism, diagnostics, epidemiology, vaccines, and prevention from a range of medical and military perspectives.
There is no criminal threat with greater potential danger to all countries, regions and people in the world than the threat of bio-terrorism," he said.
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