LA GUERRA: BACTERIOLÓGICA.

Since its first appearance in the war scenarios, the toxic agents of mass destruction have provoked a generalized rejection for its insidious aspects, long-term consequences and the pernicious effects on the civilian population. Anthrax, smallpox, botulism, sarin gas, mustard gas are compounds baptized as the "atomic bomb of the poor", since they can be spread with the most complex technology but also by the most rudimentary. Almost all bacteriological weapons are destined to be sent by air; but they can also be active by other means, for example, by placing an aerosol can in the truck of a taxi in a city. Other worrisome agents, from the point of view of biological warfare (BW), are cholera, equine encephalitis and multidrug-resistant bacteria. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the list of agents involved in biological warfare is very extensive, so in this work we will only mention; briefly, to some of them as: smallpox, botulism, plague or black death, tularemia, Q fever, psittacosis, hemorrhagic fever by filovirus subtypes Ebola-Sudan and Ebola-Zaire and the hantavirus. It's considered essential to emphasize the knowledge and perception of the medical group and the general public, about the agents involved in BW and their serious and real possibilities of causing harm. Through reminders and education, clinicians can increase their capacity to serve the patient individually and also protect public health. The most effective prevention measure is based on the creation and preservation of strong cultural norms at the individual, social and political level that prohibit the development and use of such biological weapons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]