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RiskGroupDb

New and improved RGDB

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Agent Type Genus / Virus Group Species / Virus Name NIH NIH notes BMBL Australia / New Zealand Austrailia / New Zealand notes Belgium Belgium notes Canada Canada PSDS Canada Notes European Community European Community notes Georgia Georgia notes Germany Germany notes Singapore Singapore notes Singapore schedule Switzerland Switzerland notes United Kingdom United Kingdom notes Human Pathogen Animal Pathogen Plant Pathogen Select Agent CDC Select Agent USDA
virus Filoviridae Marburg virus 4 4 4 4 4 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/marburg-virus.html 4 4 4 4 Second Schedule 4 PHV 4 Yes Yes No Yes No
bacteria Streptococcus gallolyticus 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Cardiobacterum hominis 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Moraxella spp. 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/moraxella.html Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Calymmatobacterium granulomatis 2 No No No No No
bacteria Escherichia hermannii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Togaviridae Equine viral arteritis 2 No No No No No
bacteria Streptococcus oralis 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Cedecea neteri 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium africanum 2 3 2 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex.html#footnote28 3 V 2 3 V, Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 3 Vaccine available Yes Yes No No No
virus Prion Chronic wasting disease 2 3 3* 3(**) 2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella melaninogenica 2 2 ht 2 Old name:Bacteroides melaninogenicus, Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. Melaninogenicus Yes No No No No
virus Orthomyxoviridae Whale influenza virus A Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Atopobium fossor 2 t 2 No No No No No
bacteria Borrelia theileri 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Enterobacter intermedius 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Salmonella enterica 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/salmonella-enterica.html Formerly Salmonella choleraesuis. The risk group associated with Salmonella enterica ssp. reflects the species as a whole, but does not necessarily reflect the risk group classification of every subspecies. No No No No No
virus Caliciviridae Feline calicivirus 2 2 2 2 Other caliciviridae 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Staphylococcus felis 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Liberobacter africanum 3 PP QUA Yes No No No No
parasite Brugia malayi 2 2 2 syn. Wuchereria malayi https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/brugia-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Ectromelia virus 2 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Peptostreptococcus micros 2 old name Peptococcus glycinophilus Yes No No No No
parasite Mansonella streptocerca 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Equid herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) 2 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Herpesviridae Pike herpesvirus 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Afipia felis 2 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Bilophila wadsworthia 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma adleri 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Edwardsiella tarda 2 2 2 RG 3 in animals https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/edwardsiella-tarda.html 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Rickettsia massiliae 3 2 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Bruconha virus 3 2 see previous edition No Yes No No No
bacteria Aeromonas hydrophilia 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/aeromonas-hydrophila.html 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Lactobacillus catenaformis 2 Yes No No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Bovine ephemeral fever virus 3 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Arenaviridae Mopeia viruses 3 4 2 2 2 2 3 First schedule part 1 2 PHV 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Xylella fastidiosa 3 Plant pathogen; aka Pierce's Disease 1 p2 3 PP: QUA No No Yes No No
bacteria Nocardia spp. 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/nocardia.html his risk group classification applies to the genus as a whole, and may not reflect the risk group classification of every species within the genus. Yes No No No No
virus Picornaviridae Bovine enteroviruses types 1-7 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
parasite Enterobius vermicularis 2 2 2 2 2 AHH 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Russian spring-summer encephalitis 4 4 4 NULL; see previous edition 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/kyasanur-forest-disease-virus.html 3 V, Tick-borne encephalitis 4 3 4 Second schedule 4 NYR, PHV 4 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium gordonae 2 2 1 ht+ 1 PIIC No No No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii 2 1 + 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Actinobacillus seminis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinobacillus-aggregatibacter.html 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Feline leukemia virus 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 3 1 t2 2 PM No No No No No
bacteria Hafnia alvei (Human opportunistic pathogen) 2 TA, ht 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Trichomonas vaginalis 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/trichomonas-vaginalis.html 2 2 2 AHH 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma putrefasciens 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Coccidia spp 2 Yes Yes No No No