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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
bacteria Beneckea parahaemolytica 2 2 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
bacteria Leptospira fainei 2 2 RG 3 in animals 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Rickettsia conorii 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Anaplasma caudatum 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Arenaviridae Lassa virus 4 4 4 4 4 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/lassa-virus.html 4 4 4 4 Second schedule 4 PHV 4 Yes Yes No Yes No
virus Paramyxoviridae Sendai virus (murine parainfluenza virus type 1) 2 2 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Helicobacter mustelae 2 2 2 t 2 PV; old name Campylobacter mustelae, Campylobacter pylori subsp. mustelae No Yes No No No
parasite Encephalitozoon cuniculi 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH ZOP 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Rickettsia montanensis 2 3 : (*) 3 ** 3* formerly Rickettsia canadensis 2 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 PV?** 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Arachnia propionica 2 Propionibacterium propionicum No No No No No
virus Arenaviridae Mobala virus 3 3 3 2 3 PHV 3 Yes No No No No
virus Parvoviridae Animal parvoviruses 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Jonesia denitrificans 2 2 t 2 PV; old name old name Listeria denitrificans No Yes No No No
parasite Enterobius spp Yes Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Yellow fever virus (vaccine strain 17D) 2 2 2 V 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/yellow-fever-virus.html 2 Yes No No No No
virus Togaviridae Alphaviruses 3 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma anatis 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Escherichia fergusonii 2 2 with the exception of non-pathogenic strains 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Acholeplasma hippikon 2 t 2 PV No No No No No
bacteria Kluyvera cryocrescens 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Trichinella spp 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/trichinella.html Trichinella spp. 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP Yes Yes No No No
virus Papovaviridae Mouse (K virus) 2 Murine polyomavirus No Yes No No No
bacteria Haemophilus influenzae 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/haemophilus-influenzae.html 2 2 2 V 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Clonorchis viverrini 2 See also: Opisthorchis viverrini 2 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Opisthorchis viverrini Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Pasteurella gallinarum 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Far Eastern Tick-borne encephalitis 4 4 3 Second schedule No No No Yes No
bacteria Mycobacterium interjectum 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Enterobacter hormaechei 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Clavibacter michiganensis 2 1 2 PP, QUA (including: subsp. insidiosus, michiganensis, sepedonicus); (subsp. Nebraskensis, tessellarius are RG 1, PP) Yes No Yes No No
virus Caliciviridae Porcine enteric calicivirus 2 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Poxviridae Molluscum contagiosum virus 2 2 2 2 2 PH 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Plasmodium malariae 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Iridoviridae Bullfrog (TEV) 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Fusobacterium necrogenes 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Neisseria meningitidis 2 2 2 b: Low infectious dose, high pathogenicity, common source of laboratory-acquired infections.; f: High risk of aerosol spread. 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/neisseria-meningitidis.html 2 V 2 2 V 2 2 Vaccine available Yes No No No No
bacteria Dolosigranulum pigrum 2 2 PIIC, TMP Yes No No No No
bacteria Campylobacter coli 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/campylobacter-coli.html 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Cellulomonas hominis 2 1 + 2 No No No No No
virus Retroviridae Retroviruses of fish and reptiles 2 2 PM, TEN No Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus parasanguinis 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Bunyavirus 3 3 Yes Yes No No No
virus Picornaviridae Equine rhinoviruses (Types 1 to 3) 2 See also: Equine rhinitis A virus 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella nigrescens 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma imitans 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium hoagii 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/angiostrongylus-cantonensis.html 2 2 2 Z 2 AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Borrelia tillae 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Aeromonas sobria 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
virus Retroviridae Bovine leukemia virus 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 3 1 t2 2 No No No No No