Bioterrorism

The use of biological agents in TERRORISM. This includes the malevolent use of BACTERIA; VIRUSES; or other BIOLOGICAL TOXINS against people, ANIMALS; or PLANTS. This definition is taken from the National Library of Medicine's MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) 2026 release, which is the standard vocabulary used to index PubMed and most medical literature.

Yes. Bioterrorism is also referred to as Biocrime, Biocrimes, Biological Terrorism, Terrorism, Biological in different clinical, research and patient-facing contexts. The MeSH descriptor groups all of these synonyms under a single canonical concept so research and records stay consistent.

Bioterrorism falls under the broader medical category "Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena" in the MeSH hierarchy (tree numbers: I01.198.240.856.800.100, I01.880.735.900.800.100, I01.880.735.950.500.226.100). Browsing the related concepts on this page takes you to neighbouring topics in the same branch of medicine.

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