Assignment: Select Agent Program Paper

Research one Tier 1 select agent or toxin from the Federal Select Agent Program documentand write/submit paper that includes the following information:

1. Overview of the Federal Select Agent Program

2. Provide high-level overview of your selected Tier 1 agent:

a. Brief history on agent
b. Brief pathobiology on agent
c. Infectivity and incidence rate
d. Justification on why it is a Tier 1 Select Agent
e. Classify and justify as emerging or re-emerging disease
f. Agent's potential to be used as a biological weapon
g. Environment, society and behavioral impacts, if any.

3. Identify one policy strategy that is:

a. Currently implemented in the United States
b. One policy/recommendation that can be implemented

4. Follows the format:

a. 3-5 pages
b. Double spaced, 12 point font
c. Includes section headers
d. Uses APA format to reference both in the body of the paper and in the reference section.