现代生物武器,在主要攻击方式、疫病流行规律、可能使用的战剂、武器的性能及其杀伤威力等方面,都表现出一些新的特性,给反生物战工作带来了新的问题。我们必须具备这方面的有关知识,对现代生物战情况下可能发生的情况具有充分的估计,才能适应其新的特性,采取有效措施,控制其危害。现代生物武器有那些特性呢? 一、流行病学方面:从流行病学的观点看,生物武器所致的疫病与自然条件下的流行既有相同也有相异之处。在自然情况下,疾病流行过程的3个环节—传染源、传播途径、易感人群三者之间,存在着严格的特定关系。在生物武器发展的初级阶段,采用模拟自然情况下的“流 Modern biological weapons have shown some new features in terms of the main attack modes, the epidemic laws of epidemics, possible warfighting agents, the performance of weapons and their lethal power, which have brought new problems to anti-biological warfare. We must have relevant knowledge in this respect and have adequate estimates of what may happen under modern biological warfare in order to adapt to its new characteristics and take effective measures to control its harm. What are the characteristics of modern biological weapons? I. Epidemiology: From an epidemiological point of view, the blight caused by biological weapons is similar to or different from the prevalence under natural conditions. In nature, there are strict and specific relations among the three links of the epidemic process - source of infection, route of transmission and susceptible population. In the early stages of the development of biological weapons, the use of ”natural" flow simulation