Assignment: Case Study Anthrax Bioterrorism

Assignment: Case Study Anthrax Bioterrorism

Assignment: Case Study Anthrax Bioterrorism

Week 8 Global Health Risk Paper Choose a global health issue. For this assignment, you will introduce the health issue and discuss the interventions necessary to prevent the issue and promote health. Some topics to consider may include: Anthrax Bioterrorism Cholera Clostridium botulinum infection Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Ebola virus disease Escherichia coli Human immunodeficiency virus disease Malaria Plague Severe respiratory distress syndrome Small pox Suicide Tuberculosis Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection West Nile virus Include the following in your paper: Introduction/overview of the health issue and the prevalence in the United States and worldwide Contributing factors Prevention strategies Signs and symptoms Diagnostic tests (if applicable) Advanced practice nursing role and management strategies Medical/pharmacological management (if applicable) Follow-up care Conclusion Write a 3–4 page paper following APA format. You must include 2–3 scholarly sources in your citations and references. Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded. Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time) Points: 100
Bioterrorism agents are pathogenic organisms or biological  that are used to produce death and disease in humans, animals, or plants for terrorist purposes. These agents are typically found in nature, but it is possible that they could be modified to increase their , make them resistant to current  or , or to enhance the ability of these agents to be into the environment.

Terrorists may find biological agents to be an attractive alternative to conventional weapons because of their relatively low costs, their relative accessibility, and the relative ease in which they could be produced, delivered, and avoid detection. Their use, or even threatened use, is potentially capable of producing widespread social disruption.

The concept of using biological agents in warfare is not new. There are many examples throughout recorded history – even as early as the 6th century BC when the Assyrians reportedly poisoned wells of their enemies with the fungus rye ergot. In the 1700s during the French-Indian War, it is suspected that the British gave blankets that had been used by smallpox victims to the Native Americans, resulting in decimation of the native population. More recently, in 1984, followers of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh contaminated salad bars in Oregon with Salmonella in an attempt to influence a local election (although hundreds were sickened, this attack did not impact the election).