biological warfare

Preferred Label : biological warfare;

MeSH definition : Warfare involving the use of living organisms or their products as disease etiologic agents against people, animals, or plants.; The use of biological agents in warfare. This includes the malevolent use of BACTERIA; VIRUSES; or other BIOLOGICAL TOXINS against people, ANIMALS; or PLANTS.;

MeSH synonym : warfare, biological; biologic warfare; warfare, biologic; Biowarfare; Biowarfares;

MeSH hyponym : bacterial warfare; Warfare, Bacterial;

MeSH annotation : DF: BIOL WARFARE;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological warfare;

Details

Origin ID

D001694;

UMLS CUI

C0005530;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Chemical/biological warfare [UNESCO concept]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- biodefense and bioterrorism [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- bacterial warfare [MeSH concept]
- biological warfare [MeSH concept]
See also
- bioterrorism [MeSH Descriptor]
- violence [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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