Table 14.

Reported outcomes for bioterrorism agents

Agent	Mortality (%)a
Anthrax	Thoracic: 46–94 GI: 25–60 Cutaneous: 5–20
Brucellosis	<1
Botulism	3–5
Glanders	N/A
Melioidosis	∼40
Plague	Bubonic: 10–20 Primary septicemic: 10–22 Primary pneumonic: 50–100
Q fever	0.5–1
Ricin toxin	N/A (likely high)
Smallpox	Classic: 10–60 Hemorrhagic: >95
SEB	N/A (likely low)
Tularemia	5–35
VHF viruses	Lassa: 15–25 Rift Valley fever: ∼50 Ebola: 57–88 Marburg: 25–90 Hantavirus: 5–10

Abbreviation: N/A, not available.

^aBased on natural disease, with the exception of anthrax, with treatment.