Biothreats & Agroterrorism (7) Flashcards
What is domestic terrorism?
activities involving:
appear intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population
- to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion
— to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnaping
occur within the territorial jurisdiction of the US
What is agroterrorism?
terrorist acts intended to disrupt or damage a country’s agriculture (or food chain), especially the use of a biological agent against crops or livestock
What is a biothreat?
a threat from biological weapons
a threat posed by a harmful biological agent
includes natural, accidental, or intentional
What is bioterrorism attack?
the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, other germs, or toxins to cause illness or death
T/F: The U.S. has pre-existing strategies for bioterrorism
FALSE - only for weapons of mass destruction and pandemics
What are examples of biothreats?
bioweapons
laboratory samples
emerging disease
epidemics/pandemics
naturally occurring disease
What is the Global Health Security Agenda?
addresses certain basic provisions of care and surveillance to prevent spread of worldwide biological pathogens
- 69 countries in February 2014
What are today’s global health security risks?
- emergence and spread of new microbes
- globalization of travel and trade
- rise of drug resistance
- potential for accidental release; theft or illicit use of bioagents
How is food used as a weapon?
eat all crops or burn it to starve others - civil war
pathogen infiltration
What was the 55th World-Health Assembly?
serious concern about threat against civilian populations by deliberate use of biological, chemical, and nuclear agents
such agents can be disseminated by food
What is the primary impact of agroterrorism?
economic warfare
costs 188 billion
What is a foodborne biothreat in the US?
salmonella typhimurium
What was the Dalles outbreak?
epidemiologic investigation implicated eating food from restaurant salad bars
religious cult sprayed pathogen so people were too sick to go to the polls - political strategy
What is the goal of the National Biosurveillance Integration Center?
enhance the capability of the federal government to rapidly identify, characterize, localize, and track a biological event of national concern
look for beginning of outbreaks
The National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NIBC) looks for _____
alerts for evidence of spillover and amplification in humans
Why do you report influenza strains?
risk of spillover into human populations
How are animals sentinels for bioterrorism?
more outdoors
closer to the ground
eating and drinking from exposed sources
higher susceptibility: not always
T/F: Most diseases on the CDC bio-threat list are zoonotic
TRUE
T/F: The FBI does not play a role in an outbreak
FALSE - they do
Who (that we need to know) is involved in the World Health Organization in all aspects - intra-governmental, agriculture, public, intergovernmental
USDA
International coordination has an emphasis on ______ and ____
preparedness
mitigation/prevention
