Review Article
Radicalized Health Care Workers and the Risk of Ebola as a Bioterror Weapon
Theodore L. Aquino*
University of South Florida, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Tampa, Florida
- *Corresponding Author:
- Theodore L. Aquino
University of South Florida
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Tampa, Florida
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E-mail : theodore.aquino@gmail.com
Received date: April 01, 2016; Accepted date: May 03, 2016; Published date: May 09, 2016
Citation: Aquino TL (2016) Radicalized Health Care Workers and the Risk of Ebola as a Bioterror Weapon . J Bioterror Biodef 7: 146. doi: 10.4172/2157-2526.1000146
Copyright: © 2016 Aquino TL. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
A biological attack employing the deliberate spread of Ebola virus by radicalized health care workers is a significant public health and national security threat. The chain of custody for medical materials contaminated with Ebola can be vast, and opportunities for health care workers to self-infect themselves with Ebola exist. As demonstrated in recent years, Westerners will support Islamic terror organizations by carrying out attacks on domestic soil. This paper addresses scenarios by which Ebola virus could be disseminated into unsuspecting populations by health care workers. Also elucidated are risk mitigation methods.
