Table 14.
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.
Based on natural disease, with the exception of anthrax, with treatment.