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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 Streptococcus agalactiae 2 2 Streptococcus difficilis 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/streptococcus-agalactiae.html 2 2 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Arenaviridae Tacaribe complex 2 2 2 NULL; see previous edition 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/junin-virus.html Junin virus 4 for Guanarito, Junin, Sabia, Machupo; Flexal RG 3; Other RG 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Chlamydia pneumoniae 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Legionella jordanis 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Canid herpesvirus 1 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Togaviridae Mucambo virus 3 3 3 3 (**) 3 3(**) 3 First schedule part 1 3 ** PHV 3 * Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma equigenitalium 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus difficilis 2 2 PV Yes No No No No
virus Birnaviridae Infectious bursal disease virus 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis 2 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/chlamydia-trachomatis.html 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Legionella sainthelensi 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Human metapneumonovirus 2 2 2 Yes No 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 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis 3 Yes No No No No
virus Flaviviridae Kunjin 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/west-nile-virus.html West Nile virus (WNV) 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Eikenella corrodens 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium szulgai 2 2 2 2 3 2 ht 2 3 Yes No No No No
bacteria Sphingobacterium multivorum 2 2 Old name: Flavobacterium multivorum Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Tanapox 2 2 2 2 2 2 PHV 2 No No No No No
parasite Leishmania aethiopica 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/leishmania.html 2 2 2 Z 2 AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
virus Orthomyxoviridae Equine influenza virus 1 (H7N7) and 2 (H3N8) 2 RG 3 in animals 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Bartonella tribocorum 3 2 t 2 No No No No No
bacteria Neisseria subflava 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 Vibrio carchariae 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium pseudodiphteriticum 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium celatum 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Invertebrate vesiculoviruses (other) 2 No Yes No No No
virus Arenaviridae Equine arteritis 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Picornaviridae Rhinovirus 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/rhinovirus.html 2 2 2 PH 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella tannerae 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Echinococcus multilocularis 2 2 2 See Echinococcus spp. 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/echinococcus-multilocularis.html 3 (**) 3* 3(**) Z 2, 3 **, AAH, AHH, OST, PIH, ZOP 3 Classified under SAPO Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Bacillus sphaericus 1 PI PIIC No No No No No
bacteria Eubacterium minutum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma mycoides 2 Restricted animal pathogen 2 t3 No Yes No No Yes
bacteria Clostridium sporogenes 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Coronaviridae SARS 3 SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-sars-associated-coronavirus.html Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) associated coronavirus 3 3 3 SARS CoV First schedule part 2 3 NYR, PHV 3 No Yes No Yes No
virus Retroviridae Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 3 Types 1 and 2 2 w/ 3 practices 2 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/human-immunodeficiency-virus.html 3 **, D 3* 3(**) 3 See Exeption First schedule part 1 3 ** PH 3 * Yes No No No No
bacteria Selenomonas dianae 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Theileria annulata 3 1 t2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Brevibacterium otitidis 1 + 2 No No No No No
bacteria Hafnia alvei (Human opportunistic pathogen) 2 TA, ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Piscirickettsia salmonis 2 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Amycolata autotrophica 2 1 PIIC Pseudonocardia autotrophica No No No No No
bacteria Enterococcus raffinosus 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Treponema carateum 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Toscana virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 PH 2 Yes No No No No
virus Reoviridae Changuinola 2 2 2 2 PH Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium clostridioforme 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mobiluncus mulieris 2 2 2 Yes No No No No