The bacterium that causes plague is classified as a Category A bioterrorism agent. What can you conclude about the bacterium from this classification?

Answer 1

Category A are simply those that pose the highest risk. Yersinia is easily acquired, cultured, and highly contagious. one could create and disseminate an aerosol that would very quickly infect a population with pulmonary plague.

this bacteria and it is treated with inexpensive, readily available antibiotics.

Answer 2

Zaira L.,

You might conclude that you could easily look up the definition of Class A infectious agent right on the web, and make deductions from that? Just sayin'. You'd have to perhaps include your thoughts on possible trasmission routes, and human behavior when faced with threats of unknown magnitude (hint: use recent events!)

-- Cheers, --Mr. d.