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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
parasite Plasmodium cynomologi 2 2 2 Z No Yes No No No
bacteria Cytophaga psychrophila 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Legionella feeleii 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Cardiobacterum hominis 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Equid herpesviruses 2, 3 (EHV-2, 3) 2 1 t2 2 PM, TEN No Yes No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Pneumonia virus of mice 2 Murine pneumonia 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Arcanobacterium haemolyticum 2 Corynebacterium haemolyticum 2 2 2 Corynebacterium haemolyticum 2 2 ht 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Streptococcus mutans 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Pasteurella canis 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
virus Bunyaviridae Bunya viruses (Bunyaviridae) 3 2 other known to be pathogenic, unless listed Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Ewingella americana 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus 2 2 Old name: Moraxella phenylpyruvica Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium pinnipedii 2 3 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex.html#footnote28 3 Z No No No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium bovis 2 2 see previous edition 2 ht 2 No Yes No No No
virus Prion Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease 3 2 2 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/creutzfeldt-jakob-agent-kuru-agent.html Biosafety level 3 facilities, practices and containment equipment for activities involving these agents; also listed under biosafety level 2 with special precautions; level of containment will depend on the nature of the manipulations and the amount of sera, bio/necropsy materials handled 3 **, D, d 3* 3(**) 3 First schedule part 1 3 ** PH TSE 3 * Yes No No No No
parasite Ancylostoma duodenale 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/ancylostoma-duodenale.html 2 2 2 Z 2 AHH 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Sal Vieja virus 2 3 3 2 3 Yes No No No No
virus Papovaviridae BK and JC viruses 2 2 D, (d) 2 2 2 PH 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Staphylococcus epidermidis 2 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Neisseria iguanae 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Erwinia herbicola 2 2 PP? (Pantoea agglomerans) No No No No No
parasite Anisakis simplex 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Flaviviridae Spondweni virus 2 3 3 3 3 Subspecies of Zika virus Yes No No No No
virus Papovaviridae Hamster (HaP virus) 2 1 t2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Staphylococcus lugdunensis 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Neisseria sicca 2 2 TA 2 TA Yes No No No No
bacteria Escherichia coli (K12) 1 see previous edition 1 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium canettii 2 3 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex.html#footnote28 3 First Schedule Part I 3 Yes No No No No
parasite Microsporidium spp. 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Horsepox virus 2 2 RG 3 in animals 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Vibrio vulnificus 2 2 Beneckea vulnifica 2 2 Z 2 Old name: Beneckea vulnifica Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella ruminicola 2 2 2 Old name:Bacteroides ruminicola subsp. Ruminicola Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Thetalymphocryptovirus No No No No No
bacteria Campylobacter fetus 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 (subsp. fetus, veneralis) 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma maculosum 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Enterobacter gergoviae 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Arenaviridae Pichinde virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Retroviridae Rat leukemia virus 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 No No No No No
parasite Fasciola gigantica 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/fasciola-hepatica.html Fasciola hepatica 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
virus Picornaviridae Echoviruses 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/echovirus-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 2 PH 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Haemophilus spp. 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Photobacterium damsela subsp. damsela 2 Listonella damsela 2 Z 2 Old names: Vibrio damselae ; Listonella damselae Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Borrelia valaisiana 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Actinomyces naeslundii 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinomyces-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Shewanella algae 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Trichostrongylus orientalis 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Avian sarcoma viruses (Rous sarcoma virus, RSV) 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 2 1 t2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Mitsuokella multacida 2 2 old name Bacteroides multacidus Yes No No No No
parasite Contracaecum osculatum 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Citrobacter youngae 2 2 Yes No No No No