1. Access this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanospasmin
Use the information it contains to compare the toxicity, molecular effects, physiologic effects, and other features of botulin and tetanospasmin.
2. Go to a search engine to access your home state’s Department of Public Health website. Locate the list of reportable diseases and determine the incidence of those from matching question 16. Also, review what measures are being taken by your state to monitor potential bioterrorist actions.
3. You be the detective. Working with search engines, determine the reservoir, source, case rate, and other features of the 2002 outbreak of listeriosis, starting with http://www.laurushealth.com/HealthNews/Reuters/NewsStory1009200237.htm.
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