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Descriptor English: Biological Warfare
Descriptor Spanish: Guerra Biológica
Descriptor guerra biológica
Entry term(s) bioguerra
guerra bacteriológica
Scope note: Uso de agentes biológicos en la guerra. Esto incluye el uso malintencionado de BACTERIAS, VIRUS o TOXINAS BIOLÓGICAS contra personas, ANIMALES O PLANTAS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Guerra Biológica
Descriptor French: Guerre biologique
Entry term(s): Bacterial Warfare
Biologic Warfare
Biowarfare
Warfare, Bacterial
Warfare, Biologic
Warfare, Biological
Tree number(s): I01.880.735.950.500.226
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001694
Scope note: The use of biological agents in warfare. This includes the malevolent use of BACTERIA; VIRUSES; or other BIOLOGICAL TOXINS against people, ANIMALS; or PLANTS.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Online Note: use BIOLOGICAL WARFARE to search BACTERIAL WARFARE 1966-78
History Note: BACTERIAL WARFARE was see under BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 1963-78
Entry Version: BIOL WARFARE
Related: Violence MeSH
DeCS ID: 1719
Unique ID: D001694
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Biological Warfare - Preferred
Concept UI M0002540
Scope note The use of biological agents in warfare. This includes the malevolent use of BACTERIA; VIRUSES; or other BIOLOGICAL TOXINS against people, ANIMALS; or PLANTS.
Preferred term Biological Warfare
Entry term(s) Biologic Warfare
Biowarfare
Warfare, Biologic
Warfare, Biological
Bacterial Warfare - Narrower
Concept UI M0002539
Scope note The use of biological agents in warfare. This includes the malevolent use of BACTERIA; VIRUSES; or other BIOLOGICAL TOXINS against people, ANIMALS; or PLANTS.
Scope note The use of biological agents in warfare. This includes the malevolent use of BACTERIA; VIRUSES; or other BIOLOGICAL TOXINS against people, ANIMALS; or PLANTS.
Preferred term Bacterial Warfare
Entry term(s) Warfare, Bacterial



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