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Products Approved for Other Bioterrorism Emergencies

Botulism due to Clostridium botulinum toxin

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

Glanders and Melioidosis due to Burkholderia mallei and B. pseudomallei, respectively

  • No approved therapeutics

Plague due to Yersinia pestis

Smallpox due to Variola major and Variola minor

Tularemia due to Francisella tularensis

  • Doxycycline and Other Tetracyclines
  • Streptomycin (not readily available in the U.S.)

Zika Virus Disease

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