biologic attack

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biologic attack - the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food

bioattack, biological attack, biological warfare, BW

war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"

bacteriological warfare, germ warfare - the use of harmful bacteria as a weapon

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In response to the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) initiated a hospital admissions syndromic surveillance system (HASS) to monitor for a possible concurrent biologic attack (7).

Hospital admissions syndromic surveillance--Connecticut, October 2001-June 2004

government is working with pharmaceutical companies to provide surge capacity of medical countermeasures (including anthrax vaccine) in the event of a biologic attack, it needs to develop cooperative agreements with building protection service companies so that equipment shortages do not block the critical path to recovering the exposed area.

HEPA/vaccine plan for indoor anthrax remediation

In the event of a biologic attack, the lab could provide a rapid response with information on the source of the bacteria or virus and how to stop it.