BIOTERRORISM WEBQUEST

	Read the questions that you as expert are responsible for and then go to the web site http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist-category.asp and research about your assigned biological agent. CELL BIOLOGISTS 1. What is the source of the natural biological agent? 2. Expalin how it enters the body. 3. What tissues in the body are targeted? 4. What cell functions are disrupted by this agent? 5. Expllain how those cell functions are disrupted. MEDICAL EXPERT 1. What disease(s) are caused by this agent? 2. What symptoms are caused by this agent? 3. How long is the incubation period for this agent? 4. Is the disease contageous? if so how? 5. What are the treatments and/or preventions for the disease? HISTORIAN 1. When was this agent first developed/discovered? 2. Who first developed this agent as a weapon? 3. How was this agent first weaponized? 4. What is the history of the use of this weapon? 5. How have attacking armies protected themselves from this agent? PUBLIC POLICY EXPERT 1. How might this agent be transmitted to a population? 2. Who might have these agents and where are they stockpiled? 3. How hard/easy are these agents developed and stored? 4. How are these agents weaponized? 5. What does the goverment feel the threat of these weapons are?