NAVMED P-5042, FIELD MANUAL TREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT CASUALTIES; CHAPTER 1

Question 1

How are biological warfare agents most effectively delivered? As an aerosol.

Answer 1

What size aerosolized particles are most efficiently delivered to their target? 1 to 5 microns (μ) in diameter.

Question 2

What destroys most pathogens and toxins? Heat

Answer 2

Are nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons/agents, and radiological dispersal devices classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMD)? Yes

Question 3

What are most BW agents incubation periods? Several days to weeks

Answer 3

What are the mode of deliveries for BW agents? Aerosal, food- or waterborne, vectorborne, or injection