TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Biological warfare agents
JO  - EXS
A1  - Pohanka, Miroslav
A1  - Kuca, Kamil
SP  - 559
EP  - 578
VL  - 100
IS  - 
N2  - Biological warfare agents are a group of pathogens and toxins of biological origin that can be potentially misused for military or criminal purposes. The present review attempts to summarize necessary knowledge about biological warfare agents. The historical aspects, examples of applications of these agents such as anthrax letters, biological weapons impact, a summary of biological warfare agents and epidemiology of infections are described. The last section tries to estimate future trends in research on biological warfare agents.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1023-294X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -