Tularemia is a potential bioterrorism agent because the infecting bacteria can be freeze-dried into a power which can be aerosolized and only a few inhaled bacteria can cause disease. If untreated, tularemia causes prolonged fever and fatigue and is often fatal. With treatment, death is rare.
1. foresee-realize beforehand. foreknow, previse, anticipate. know-be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; I know that I left the key on the table; Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun.
eminent, immanent, imminent. 1. near, at hand. Imminent, Impending, Threatening all may carry the implication of menace, misfortune, disaster, but they do so in differing degrees. Imminent may portend evil: an imminent catastrophe, but also may mean simply âabout to happenâ: The merger is imminent.