(5) substances that have been identified as “Select Agents” and are used as Biological or Chemical Bioterrorism agents,

Question 1

first select agents

Answer 1

These agents include the Ebola which cause deadly diseases

Question 2

second select agents

Answer 2

Botulinum toxins, which are also potentially fatal

Question 3

third select agents

Answer 3

ricin, which can make a highly deadly gas

Question 4

fourth select agents

Answer 4

Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes what was known in the Middle Ages as the Black Plague.

Question 5

fifth select agents

Answer 5

Marburg viruses, which cause deadly diseases