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.
Synonym Discussion of foretell foretell, predict, forecast, prophesy, prognosticate mean to tell beforehand. foretell applies to the telling of the coming of a future event by any procedure or any source of information. seers foretold the calamity; predict commonly implies inference from facts or accepted laws of nature. astronomers predicted an eclipse