Rabbit Fever

Rabbit Fever 

Francisella Tularensis (Tularemia)

Category A: Bioterrorism Agent 

                                                           Tularemia (Rabbit Fever)

                                                               14 th Century BC 

                                                      First Agent Of Biological Warfare 

 In the 14th century BC, a disease believed to probably be Tularemia spread throughout the Hittite Empire, known as the Hittite plague, and its use in repelling an invasion was the first in biological warfare recorded.

Then And Now 

Rabbit Art

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