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virus Herpesviridae Herpesviruses of the frog (Fv4, FV5-8) 2 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Enterobacter aerogenes 2 2 Enterobacter cloacae 2 2 ht 2 (=Klebsiella mobilis) 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Sutterella wadsworthensis 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae other hantaviruses 3 Animal inoculations to be performed under PC4 containment https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/hantavirus.html Hantavirus spp. 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Chlamydophila psittaci 2+ 3 see chlamydia psittaci 3 avian strains, non-avian are RG 2 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/chlamydophila-psittaci.html 3 see chlamydia psittaci (avian), non avian are RG 2 3 Z 2 3 avian (non-avian RG 2) Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Klebsiella granulomatis 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Neorickettsia helminthoeca 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes 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 Hepadnaviridae Hepatitis B virus 2 2 2 Vaccination available 3 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/hepatitis-b-virus.html 3 (**), V, D 3* 3(**) 2 Third Schedule 3 ** PH 3 * Vaccine available Yes No No No No
virus Togaviridae Chikungunya virus 3 Except the vaccine strain 181/25 listed in Appendix B-II-D Risk Group2 (RG2) – Viruses 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/chikungunya-virus.html 3 (**) 3* 3(**) 3 ** PHV 3 * Yes No No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium pyogenes 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium conspicuum 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Streptobacillus moniliformis 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/streptobacillus-moniliformis.html 2 2 2 Z 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Campylobacter rectus 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Abiotrophia adiacens 2 2 (Streptococcus adjacens) No No No No No
bacteria Abiotrophia elegans 2 2 (Streptococcus elegans) No No No No No
bacteria Abiotrophia balaena 2 2 PV (Streptococcus balaenus) No No No No No
bacteria Abiotrophia defectiva 2 2 2 2 (Streptococcus defectivus) Yes No No No No
fungus Loboa loboi (obsolete) Lacazia loboi Yes Yes No No No
fungus Epidermophyton floccosum 2 2 2 (mitosporic Arthrodermataceae); both human and animal risk group 2 pathogen 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/epidermophyton-floccosum-microsporum-trichophyton.html 2 A 2 2 A 2 h, Acrothecium floccosum, E. clypeiforme, E. inguinale, E. plicarum, Trichophyton cruris, Trichophyton floccosum, Trichophyton inguinale, Trichophyton intertriginis, Trichothecium floccosum, obsolete synonym 2 A Yes Yes No No No
fungus Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii 2 (mitosporic state : Trichophyton interdigitale) 2 t, Z 2 h,v Yes No No No No
fungus Penicillium marneffei 2 2 3 2 2 2 A 3 3 h,v 3 Yes Yes No No No
fungus Phoma glycinicola No No Yes No Yes
fungus Microsporum audouinii 2 2 See Microsporum spp. 2 Microsporum rivalieri 2 2 2 h 2 See Microsporum spp.; Allergen Yes No No No No
fungus Trichophyton concentricum 2 2 See Trichophyton spp. 2 2 2 2 h 2 See Trichophyton spp. Yes No No No No
fungus Aspergillus niger 2 2 Plant only https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/aspergillus.html 2 A, T, TA 2 h,v No No Yes No No
fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis 2 2(3) 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/blastomyces-dermatitidis.html 3 Ajellomyces dermatitidis 3 3 t 3 First Schedule Part I 3 h, v 3 Ajellomyces dermatitidis) Yes Yes No No No
fungus Rhinocladiella compacta 2 Fonsecaea compacta (synoym of Phialophora compacta, Rhinocladiella compacta) (mitosporic Ascomycota) (obselete) Fosecaea compacta No No No No No
fungus Microsporum ferrugineum 2 2 See Microsporum spp. 2 2 2 2 v 2 See Microsporum spp.; Allergen Yes No No No No
fungus Trichophyton mentagrophytes 2 2 See Trichophyton spp. 2 2 t, Z 2 h.v 2 See Trichophyton spp. Yes Yes No No No
fungus Candida tropicalis 2 2 2 2 2 1 (TA), 2 (h,v) h,v,TA 2 Yes No No No No
fungus Rhizopus micosporus 2 2 2 2 v, h; R. oligosporus, obsolete synonym R. rhizopodiformis, obsolete synonym 2 No No Yes No No
fungus Microsporum persicolor 2 2 See Microsporum spp. 2 teleomorph: Arthroderma persicolor 2 v, h; Arthroderma persicolor , teleomorph; Trichophyton persicolor, synonym 2 See Microsporum spp.; Allergen Yes Yes No No No
fungus Exophiala spinifera 2 2 Phialophora spinifera, Rhinocladiella spinifera 2 2 h,v 2 See Exophiala spp. Yes No No No No
fungus Trichophyton soudanense 2 2 See Trichophyton spp. 2 h 2 See Trichophyton spp. Yes No No No No
fungus Trichophyton yaoundei 2 2 See Trichophyton spp. 2 h 2 See Trichophyton spp. Yes No No No No
fungus Cladophialophora carrionii 2 for spp 2 2 2 h,v Yes Yes No No No
fungus Scedosporium apiospermum 2 2 for spp 2 teleomorph : Pseudoallescheria boydii; mitosporic Microascaceae 2 Pseudallescheria boydii 2 t 2 h,v 2 formerly Pseudallescheria boydii Yes Yes No No No
fungus Mucor spp 2 Yes Yes No No No
fungus Fusarium chlamydosporium 2 1 +, p X No No No No No
fungus Coniothyrium glycines No No Yes No Yes
fungus Coccidioides posadasii 2(3) 3 3 3 3 3 3 Except for the following attenuated strains _CHS5 and _CTS2/_ARD1/_CTS3 First Schedule Part I 3 Allergen Yes Yes No No No
fungus Stachybotrys chartarum X Yes Yes No No No
fungus Acremonium kiliense 2 2 h,v Yes No No No No
fungus Nannizzia persicolor 2 Arthroderma persicolor; mitosporic state: Microsporum persicolor (obsolete) Arthroderma persicolor Yes No No No No
fungus Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum 3 2(3) 3 See Histoplasma spp. 3 teleomorph : Ajellomyces capsulatus 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/histoplasma-capsulatum.html 3 Ajellomyces capsulatus 3 3 3 First Schedule Part I 3 h, v Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum (dimorphic) 3 (var capsulatum, farcinimosum, duboisii)) Yes No No No No
fungus Leptosphaeria senegalensis 2 2 h Yes No No No No
fungus Emmonsia parva 2 (var crescens, parva) 2 (var. parva, crescens) 2 2 t 2 v, (dimorphic) Chrysosporium parvum var. parvum, Chrysosporium parvum, obsolete synonym 2 (var parva, crescens) Yes Yes No No No
fungus Arthroderma benhamiae 2 2 t, Z 2 h,v Yes Yes No No No
fungus Paecilomyces variotii 2 mitosporic Trichocomaceae 2 A 2 h ;P. indicus, obsolete synonym; Penicillium aureo-cinnamomeum, obsolete synonym; Penicillium divaricatum, obsolete synonym; Spicaria divaricata, obsolete synonym Yes Yes No No No