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Countries and Biological Agents
Country Researched Agents Weaponized Agents Terminated Biological Weapons Convention Signed Biological Weapons Convention ratified
Canada Brucellosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Plague, Tularemia, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, Dysentery, Rinderpest, Botulinum toxin, Ricin Anthrax Yes, 1941-1945 04/10/72 09/18/72
China Unknown Unknown No 11/15/84
Cuba Unknown Unknown No 04/10/72 04/21/76
Egypt Unknown Unknown No No No
France Anthrax, Salmonella, Cholera, Rinderpest, Botulinum Toxin, Ricin Potato beetle Yes, 1921-1926, 1935-1940 09/27/84
Germany Anthrax, Glanders, Foot and Mouth Disease, Plague, Rinderpest, Typhus, Yellow Fever, Potato Beetle, Potato Blight Glanders (WWI), Anthrax (WWI) Yes, 1915-1918, 1940-1945 04/10/72 11/28/72
India Unknown Unknown No 01/15/73 07/15/74
Iran Anthrax, Foot and Mouth Disease, Botulinum Toxin, Mycotoxins Unknown No 04/10/72 08/22/73
Iraq Brucellosis, Hemorrhagic Conjuctivitis Virus, Rotavirus, Camel Pox, Plague, Gas Gangrene Toxin, Others Unknown Anthrax, Botulinum Toxin, Ricin, Aflatoxin, Wheat Cover Smut, Others Unknown No 05/11/72 06/19/91
Israel Unknown Unknown No No No
Japan Gas Gangrene, Influenza, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Tularemia, Salmonella, Typhus, Glanders, Tetrodotoxin Anthrax, Plague, Glanders, Typhoid, Cholera, Dysentery, Typhoid, Paratyphoid 1931-1945 04/10/72 06/08/82
Laos Unknown Unknown No
Libya Unknown Unknown No 01/19/82
North Korea Anthrax, Plague, Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Cholera, Tuberculosis, Typhus, Smallpox, Botulinum Toxin Unknown No 03/13/87
Pakistan Unknown Unknown No 04/10/72 09/25/74
Russia Unknown Unknown No 04/10/72 03/26/75
Soviet Union Ebola, Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever, Argentinian Hemorrhagic Fever, Lassa Fever, Japanese Encephalitis, Russian Spring-Summer Encephalitis, Brucellosis, Machupo Virus, Yellow Fever, Typhus, Melioidosis, Psittacosis, Rinderpest, African Swine Fever Virus, Wheat Stem Rust, Rice Blast Smallpox, Plague, Tularemia, Glanders, Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, Anthrax, Q Fever, Marburg Yes, 1926-1992 04/10/72 03/36/75
South Africa Anthrax, Cholera, Plague, Salmonella, Gas Gangrene, Ricin, Botulinum Toxin Unknown Yes, 1981-1993 04/10/72 11/03/75
Syria Anthrax, Botulinum Toxin, Ricin Unknown No 04/14/72 No
Taiwan Unknown Unknown No 04/10/72 02/09/73
United Kingdom Plague, Typhoid, Botulinum Toxin Anthrax 1936-1956 4/10/72 03/26/75
United States Brucellosis, Smallpox, Eastern and Western Equine Encephalitis, Argentinian Hemorrhagic Fever, Korean Hemorrhagic Fever, Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever, Lassa Fever, Glanders, Melioidodis, Plague, Yellow Fever, Psittacosis, Typhus, Dengue Fever, Rift Valley Fever, Chikungunya Virus, Late Blight of Potato, Rinderpest, Newcastle Disease, Fowl Plague, Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B, Botulinum Toxin, Ricin Venezuelean Equine Encephalitis, Q Fever, Tularemia, Anthrax, Wheat Rust, Rice Blast 1943-1969 04/10/72 03/26/75



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