CDC Bioterrorism class ____ agents include emerging viruses, bacteria, and toxins, and could be modified for dissemination due to availability, easy production and spreading, and potentially high infection and/or death rates.

CDC Bioterrorism class ____ agents include emerging viruses, bacteria, and toxins, and could be modified for dissemination due to availability, easy production and spreading, and potentially high infection and/or death rates.

• A. Class A
• B. Class B
• C. Class C
• D. Not classified

Answer: (C)

The test is about how the CDC sorts bioterrorism threats by how readily they could be spread and how much harm they could cause. The description points to agents that aren’t yet widespread but could be modified for dissemination because they’re relatively available, easy to produce and spread, and could cause significant illness or death. That focus fits the category that covers emerging pathogens with potential for future dissemination. This group is distinguished from the highest-risk category, which involves agents that are already easily spread and highly deadly, and from the next category, which involves agents that are harder to disseminate or cause less severe outcomes.

The test is about how the CDC sorts bioterrorism threats by how readily they could be spread and how much harm they could cause. The description points to agents that aren’t yet widespread but could be modified for dissemination because they’re relatively available, easy to produce and spread, and could cause significant illness or death. That focus fits the category that covers emerging pathogens with potential for future dissemination. This group is distinguished from the highest-risk category, which involves agents that are already easily spread and highly deadly, and from the next category, which involves agents that are harder to disseminate or cause less severe outcomes.