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Biological Warfare – Agents and Its Types

July 3, 2021 No Comments
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INTRODUCTION Biological Warfare or biowarfare is commonly called germ warfare. The use of biological weapons during warfare dated back to WORLD WAR I. Check out Biological Warfare and Its Catastrophic Effect on Environment BIOLOGICAL WARFARE This term is defined as a tactic of war in which infectious agents or biotoxins are used to massacre humans […]

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