Problem: Which JASON category applies best to the scenario below?
Categories:
- Binary Biological Weapons
- Designer Genes and Life Forms
- Gene Therapy as a Weapon
- Stealth Viruses
- Host-swapping Diseases
- Designer Diseases
Scenario:
If the scenario was plague plus Venezuelan equine encephalitis, for instance, the first symptom would be plague itself, and the victim's fever would be treated with something as simple as tetracycline," said Dr. Popov. "But that tetracycline would itself be the factor inducing the expression of a second set of genes, which could be a whole virus or a combination of viral genes."