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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 Picornaviridae Poliovirus (Vaccine Strains Sabin Type-1, Type-2, Type-3 No No No No No
bacteria Acinetobacter spp. 2 2 2 No No No No No
parasite Dracunculus spp Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Serratia grimesii 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Helicobacter canis 2 2 2 ht 2 PV Yes No No No No
bacteria Porphyromonas crevioricanis 2 2 t 2 PV; TMP No Yes No No No
bacteria Bacteroides pyogenes 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bacteroides.html 2 ht 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Eperythrozoon wenyonii 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Coronaviridae Porcine transmissible gastroenteritis virus 2 2 1 t2 No Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Guinea pig lymphosarcoma virus (guinea pig LSA) 3 No Yes No No No
bacteria Helicobacter muridarum 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Porphyromonas macacae 2 2 ht 2 PV; Old name: Bacteroides macacae No Yes No No No
bacteria Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bacteroides.html 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Erwinia herbicola 2 2 PP? (Pantoea agglomerans) No No No No No
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
virus Retroviridae Leukomogenic murine oncovirus (Murine lymphosarcoma virus: MuLV) 3 No Yes No No No
parasite Toxocara cati 2 2 2 syn. Toxocara mystax https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/toxocara-canis-toxocara-cati.html Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati 2 2 Z 2 AAH AHH ZOP 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Parvoviridae Lapine parvovirus 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium abscessus 2 2 2 ht 2 (old name Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus) Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Salmonella choleraesuis 2 2 2 ('enterica') subsp. bongori, subsp. choleraesuis) (all serovars of subsp. I, e.g. SalmonellaParatyphi A,B,C, Salmonella Enteritidis in Group 2; exception: Salmonella typhi. Yes No No No No
bacteria Burkholderia vietnamiensis 2 2 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans 2 2 (Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans) Yes No No No No
bacteria Pasteurella stomatis 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/pasteurella.html 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Arizona spp. No No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Zinga (See Rift Valley Fever) 3 3 3 V 3 3 First Schedule Part 2 3 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
virus Reoviridae Coltiviruses 2 2 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
parasite Opisthorchis sinensis 2 2 (Clonorchis sinensis) Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/streptococcus-pneumoniae.html 2 2 2 ht, T, V 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium oroticum 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Levinea malonatica 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Rathayibacter toxicus 1 No No No No Yes
bacteria Borrelia tanukii 1 t+ 2 PV No No No No No
bacteria Francisella tularensis (Type A) 3 Except those strains listed in Appendix B-II-A, Risk Group 2 (RG2) - Bacterial Agents Including Chlamydia 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/francisella-tularensis-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html 3 3* 2 Z, (subsp. holarctica, mediasiatica) 3 Except for attenduated strains UTAH 112, live vaccine strain and B38 First Schedule Part II 3 (subsp. Holarctica, mediasiatica, tularensis) 3 Yes Yes No Yes No
virus Herpesviridae Catfish herpesvirus 2 1 t2 No Yes No No No
virus Togaviridae Ross river virus 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/ross-river-virus-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 3 2 2 PHV 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bornaviridae Borna disease virus 2 RG 3 in animals 3 2 2 PM 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma arthritidis 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Staphylococcus intermedius 2 2 Z 2 PV Yes No No No No
bacteria Citrobacter koseri 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Koserella trabulsii 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Menangle 2 NULL; see previous edition 2 No No No No No
bacteria Bifidobacterium dentium 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Yersinia spp. 2 Australia (except Y. pestis) 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Flaviviridae Murray Valley encephalitis virus 3 2 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/murray-valley-encephalitis.html 3 3 3 3 First schedule part 1 3 PHV 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Nocardia transvalensis 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Cytophaga psychrophila 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium intracellulare 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Vaccinia virus 2 2 2 V 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/vaccinia-virus.html 2 2 2 PHV 2 (inc. starins originally classifies as rabbitpox); see previous edition Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Cardiobacterum hominis 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Aerococcus urinae 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/aerococcus.html 2 2 Yes No No No No