staphylococcal enterotoxin b การใช้

• Toxins that can be used as weapons include ricin, staphylococcal enterotoxin B, botulinum toxin, saxitoxin, and many mycotoxins.
• This causes intense vomiting including or not including diarrhea ( resulting in staphylococcal enteritis ), and staphylococcal enterotoxins ( most commonly staphylococcal enterotoxin A but also including staphylococcal enterotoxin B ) are the most commonly reported enterotoxins although cases of poisoning are likely underestimated.
• Of the six tests, three used sarin, a nerve agent, or VX, a nerve gas; one used staphylococcal enterotoxin B, known as SEB, a biological toxin; one used a simulant believed to be harmless but subsequently found to be dangerous; and one used a nonpoisonous simulant.
• The Department of Veterans Affairs is contacting hundreds who could be eligible for health-care benefits because of exposure to poisons used during Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense, or SHAD . Three tests used sarin, a nerve agent, or VX, a nerve gas; one used staphylococcal enterotoxin B, known as SEB, a biological toxin; one used a simulant later found to be dangerous.