A New Method of Differentiation Between a Biological Attack and Other Epidemics


Parameter

Swine flu

Amerithrax

Kosovo tularemia

Sverdlovsk anthrax

BA

NE

NR

AR

BA

NE

NR

AR

BA

NE

NR

AR

BA

NE

NR

AR

Perpetrator

Source/Reservoir of infection

Sophistication

0

N/A

N/A

0

1

N/A

N/A

0

0

N/A

N/A

0

1

0

0

1

Motivation/Intention

0

N/A

N/A

0

1

N/A

N/A

0

1

N/A

N/A

0

1

0

0

0

Ability

0

N/A

N/A

0

1

N/A

N/A

0

0

N/A

N/A

0

0

0

0

1

Capacity

0

N/A

N/A

0

1

N/A

N/A

0

0

N/A

N/A

0

0

0

0

1

Intelligence

0

N/A

N/A

0

1

N/A

N/A

0

0

N/A

N/A

0

1

0

0

1

Secrecy

0

N/A

N/A

0

1

N/A

N/A

0

0

N/A

N/A

0

0

0

0

1

Number of perpetrators / sources / reservoirs

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

Accessibility to sources of agent

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

Accessibility to targets

0

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

1

Agent

Pathogen

A category


0

0


1




1

1

0


1



1

B category


0

0


0




0

0

0


0



0

C category


0

0


0




0

0

0


0



0

Emerging agent


0

1


0




0

0

0


0



0

Amount of the available agent


0

1


1




1

1

0


1



1

Means/Media of delivery

Transmission mechanisms
                
Air



1


1




0

1



1



1

Food



0


0




0

1



0



0

Water



0


0




0

1



0



0

Fomites



1


1




0

1



0



0

Vectors



0


0




0

1



0



0

Munition



0


0




0

0



0



0

Delivery systems



0


1




0

0



0



0

Dispersion systems



0


0




0

0


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