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"they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon"nounany weapon usable in biological warfare
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- salmonella rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon
- ricin a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon
- botulin potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon
- lassa fever an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon
- bunyavirus an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon
- brucella an aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon
- ricin toxin a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon
- variola virus the virus that causes smallpox in humans; can be used as a bioweapon
- gangrenous emphysema (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon
- bacillus anthracis a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon