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TABLE 1.7 Biological Agents Categorized According to Level of Concern as
Threats to Human Welfare.
Biologic Agent
Disease(s)
Category A Agents
Variola virus
Smallpox
Bacillus anthracis
Anthrax
Yersinia pestis
Plague
Clostridium botulinum
toxin
Botulism
Francisella tularensis
Tularemia
Ebola virus
Ebola hemorrhagic fever
Marburg virus
Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Lassa virus
Lassa fever
Junin virus
Argentine hemorrhagic fever
Other arenaviruses
Category B Agents
Coxiella burnetti
Q fever
Brucella
species
Brucellosis
Burkholderia mallei
Glanders
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
Venezuelan encephalomyelitis
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Eastern equine
encephalomyelitis
Western equine encephalitis virus
Western equine
encephalomyelitis
Others include:
Ricin toxin from
Ricinus communis
Salmonella
species
Epsilon toxin of
Clostridium perfringens
Shigella dysenteriae
Escherichia coli
O157:H7
Staphylococcus
enterotoxin B
Vibrio cholerae
Cryptosporidium parvum
(now
hominis
)
Category C Agents
•
Nipah virus
•
Hantaviruses
•
Tickborne hemorrhagic fever viruses
•
Tickborne encephalitis viruses
•
Yellow fever
•
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000a, pp. 5 - 6.
M. Cohen, “Bioterrorism in the Context of Infectious Diseases,” in F. R. Lashley and J. D. Durham
(Eds.),
Emerging Infectious Diseases— Trends and Issues
, Springer Publishing Company, New York,
2007, pp. 415 - 442
