Most twentieth-century Americans found bioterrorism—the deliberate release of disease-causing microorganisms with the aim of causing devastating epidemics—unthinkable, perhaps even more so than nuclear war. Along with chemical warfare,...

The anthrax mail attacks in the United States in the fall of 2001 alerted an already terrorism-sensitive world to the dangers of biological terrorist attack. A silent and deadly weapon, biological agents could potentially take a great toll on a...

Bioterrorism refers to the use of lethal biological agents to wage terror against a civilian population. It differs from biological warfare in that it also thrives on public fear, which can demoralize a population. An example of bioterrorism is...

Bioterrorism is the use of a biological weapon against a civilian population. As with any form of terrorism, its purposes include the undermining of morale, creating chaos, or achieving political goals. Biological weapons use microorganisms and toxins...

Bioterrorism is the use of a biological weapon against civilian populations for the purpose of undermining morale and creating chaos. Biological weapons use microorganisms and toxins to produce disease and death in humans, livestock, and crops....

The use, or threat of use, of infectious or contagious agents with the aim of creating terror or to threaten, blackmail or incapacitate an enemy. The term has been used principally to describe the intentional release – usually by air blast...

Bioterrorism is terrorism by intentional release or dissemination of biological agents (bacteria, viruses or toxins); these may be in a naturally-occurring or in a human-modified...