Yavuz Pehlivan, M.D., of Uludag University in Bursa, Turkey, and colleagues enrolled 1,134 patients with a diagnosis of rheumatic disease who used
biological agents for at least three months.
Workshops highlighting the pharmacology of
biological agents, their prominence in rheumatoid arthritis, patients' support group and case studies will be facilitated by local and regional experts.
Types of Bioweapons: There are seven types of
biological agents:
Biological agents, chemicals that comprise poison gas and the materials found in explosives all give off a chemical signature, he noted.
The successful encapsulation of chemicals and
biological agents would protect responders and the general public from exposure and expedite the safe removal of wastes.
Mean and median ESR and MDHAQ scores were compared at baseline MTX initiation and at initiation of a
biological agent in incomplete responders, and at MTX initiation and 2.6 years later in adequate responders.
This article provides pertinent information including (a) a description of bioterrorism and
biological agents, (b) the psychological impact of bioterrorism, (c) school counselors' role in a school-related incident, and (d) disaster mental health principles and procedures.
Getting military leaders, other than chemical and biological specialists, to recognize the threat of chemical agents was tough enough in the 1980s and t990s; now a similar reeducation has had to take place to recognize how we should deal with
biological agent threats, given the limitations of detectors, the shortage of vaccines, and the wide variety of incubation periods and effects of various
biological agents.
Soldiers are given the controversial Nerve Agent Pre-treatment Sets (NAPS) and
Biological Agent Treatment Sets (BATS), taken on order if military officials believe a non-conventional attack may be imminent.
Sales of such technologies, as well as the incresase in funding for development of newer systems, indicate the existence of a growing demand for
biological agent detection.