What Are They?

“Category A” Priority Agents

Communicable Fatality Rate

• Anthrax 80%*

• Botulinum 5-10%

• Plague nearly 100% ?

• Smallpox 30% ?

• Tularemia 30-60% ?

• Viral hemorrhagic fevers 50-95% ?

  • Ebola, Marburg

*Inhalational

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

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