Progression to severe respiratory distress and death within 36-72 hours. Fever may last for 2-5 days. Cough may persist for 4 weeks. No No X Notes 1. The Non-Proliferation Project would like to thank Dr. Thomas Inglesby of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense studies for reviewing this table.
Incubation periods apply to inhalation of the causative organism.
The United States' offensive BW program was unilaterally terminated by executive order in 1969. All offensive biological research and production were discontinued, and pathogen and biological weapon stockpiles were destroyed. Military textbooks often cite an incubation period of 1-5 days. However, the 1979 accidental aerosolized release of anthrax spores from a military microbiology facility in Sverdlovsk, Russia, resulted in cases form 2 to 43 days following exposure. Investigational new drug.