Among the potential biological agents suitable as a weapon, Ebola virus represents a major concern. Classified by the CDC as a category A biological agent, Ebola virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever, characterized by high case-fatality rate; to date, no vaccine or approved therapy is available. The EVD epidemic, which broke out in West Africa since the late 2013, has got the issue of the possi...

We report here the draft genome sequence of Bacillus atrophaeus strain 930029. Strain 930029 shows evidence of drift, based on a comparison to the corresponding source strain publicly available today.

Realistic testing of chemical and biological defense systems requires an actual warfare agent. But use of such an agent is restricted to laboratory containment chambers, which are not realistic. This state of affairs has driven the chemical and biological defense community to integrate developmental testing and operational testing. Systems are challenged with both agent and simulant in laborato...

Hydrogen-bond acidic polymers are important high affinity materials sensitive to organophosphates in the chemical warfare agent sensor detection process. Interactions between the sensor sensitive materials and chemical warfare agent simulants were studied by inverse gas chromatography. Hydrogen bonded acidic polymers, i.e., BSP3, were prepared for micro-packed columns to examine the interaction...

Nearly all known biological warfare agents are intended for aerosol application. Although less effective as potable water threats, many are potentially capable of inflicting heavy casualties when ingested. Significant loss of mission capability can be anticipated even when complete recovery is possible. Properly maintained field army water purification equipment can counter this threat, but per...

1. The enclosed Intelligence information Special Report is part of a series now in preparation based on the SECRET USSR Ministry of Defense publication Collection of Articles of the •ournal "Military Thouzht". At the beginning of the article the author discusses the dangerous effects of radioactive contamination on the human body from a nuclear burst and the importance of detecting this contami...

During the last few years, many new research programs have emerged within the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense (DoD) that have been focused on advancing the state-of-the-art in terahertz (THz) frequency electronic technology and on investigating novel applications of THz frequency sensing. Similarly, there has been a steadily growing interest among the international scientific and techni...

Concern regarding the use of biological agents (bacteria, viruses, or toxins) as tools of warfare or terrorism has led to measures to deter their use or, failing that, to deal with the consequences. Unlike chemical agents, which typically lead to severe disease syndromes within minutes at the site of exposure, diseases resulting from biological agents have incubation periods of days. Rather tha...