Abstract
Bioterrorism is possibly an even older phenomenon than the relatively recent “military-type” attempts, culminating in the 9/11 attacks to the New York Twin Towers, and which have skyrocketed into a worldwide series of true war like destructions. These situations range from those by individuals who usually give up their lives in the attempts, to the true military operations, such as those, which almost daily make countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines to mention only a few. There are many differences between the two types of terrorism, and they will be discussed in detail. One of the most obvious is primary target, which in the case of the use of explosive in many different forms has as the main target man, while bioterrorism is aimed at man in a much more indirect form, targeting man through hitting his food supplies, such as his animals, the waters he drinks and so on.
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Abbreviations
- AG:
-
Australia Group
- BEP:
-
Biosecurity Engagement Program
- BSL:
-
Biosafety level
- BTWC:
-
Biological and Toxin Weapon Convention
- BWC-IS:
-
Biological Weapons Convention-Implementation Support Unit
- CDC:
-
Center for Disease Control
- COM:
-
European Community Commission
- CSS:
-
Health Security Committee
- CTR:
-
Cooperative Threat Reduction
- CWC:
-
Chemical Weapon Convention
- DG SANCO:
-
Direzione Generale Salute e tutela dei Consumatori
- DHS:
-
Department of Homeland Security
- DoD:
-
Department of Defense
- DoE:
-
Department of Energy
- ECID:
-
European Center for Infective Diseases
- EFTA:
-
European Free Trade Association
- EME:
-
European Medicines Agency
- ENP:
-
European Neighboorhood Policy
- EPR:
-
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response
- EU:
-
European Union
- FAO:
-
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
- FETP:
-
Field Epidemiology Training Program
- GEIS:
-
Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System
- GAO:
-
Government Accountability Office
- GDD:
-
Global Disease Detection
- GHSAG:
-
Global Health Security Action Group
- FSC:
-
Security Cooperation Forum
- GHSI:
-
Global Health Security Initiative
- GHSAG:
-
Global Health Security Action Group
- GU:
-
European Union Official Gazzetta
- HHS:
-
Health and Human Services
- IDSR:
-
Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response
- IHR:
-
International Health Regulations
- MEC:
-
European Common Market
- NATO:
-
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- OIE:
-
World Organization for Animal Healt
- OECD:
-
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmen
- OCSE:
-
Organizzazione per la Cooperazione e lo Sviluppo Economico
- OPAC:
-
Organizzazione per la Proibizione delle Armi Chimiche
- OPCW:
-
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- PE:
-
European Parliament
- PESD:
-
Foreign Politics and Common Defense
- PSI:
-
Proliferation Security Initiative
- SEE:
-
European Economic Space
- TCE:
-
European Community constitutional Treety
- TUE:
-
European Union Treety
- UN:
-
United Nations Organization
- UN-ODA:
-
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
- UNMOVIC:
-
United Nations Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission
- UNODC:
-
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- UNSCR:
-
United Nations Security Council Resolution
- USAID:
-
United States Agency for International Development
- WFCC:
-
World Federation of Culture Collections
- WCO:
-
World Customs Organization
- WHO:
-
World Health Organization
- WIP:
-
World Intellectual Property Organization
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Costigliola, V., Quagliata, F. (2010). Bioterrorism: A Potential Weapon for Terrorist Attacks Through Food and Water Contamination: Evolution of Our Understanding of the Use of Chemical and Bacteriological Weapons. In: Viola Magni, M. (eds) Detection of Bacteria, Viruses, Parasites and Fungi. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8544-3_1
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