Internally Peer Reviewed 1-4. Classification of Biological Warfare Agents Biological warfare agents may be classified according to - Their effects.
Lethal agents produce death in all or most victims.
Incapacitating agents produce severe disease, but not death. However, such a classification system is probably of limited value in a battlefield situation. However, this classification system is of questionable value since many BW agents are delivered via aerosol, resulting in both pneumonic and systemic disease. The University of Iowa. All rights reserved.