Virus
smallpox
smallpox
smallpox
One potential biological warfare agent that is a virus is smallpox. It is highly contagious and has the ability to cause severe illness and high mortality rates within populations. Its aerosolized form can potentially be used as a weapon to infect large numbers of people.
In the Xbox and PlayStation games Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, ND133 is a biological agent much similar to smallpox. That, or the ND133 is the storage device used to carry the smallpox virus.
Bacterium
One biological agent that is not typically considered by terrorists for mass destruction of people is the smallpox virus. This is because smallpox has been eradicated through global vaccination campaigns and the virus is only known to exist in two highly secure laboratories, making it inaccessible to terrorists.
prion
prion
Acid
A biological agent
The use of biological agents, such as pathogenic organisms or agricultural pests, for terrorist purposes. OR Terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare. OR Terrorism that relies on spreading diseases, such as anthrax and smallpox. OR The use of biological agents as weapons of terror. Anthrax bacteria are one such agent, while smallpox is considered one of the more likely lethal viruses that could serve as a weapon of bioterror.