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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 Balantidium spp Yes No No No No
virus Hepadnaviridae Duck hepatidis B 2 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma capricolum 2 2 2 t 2 or 3 PV; subsp. Capricolum is RG 2 and subsp. Capripneumoniae is RG3 No Yes No No Yes
bacteria Stenotrophomonas africana 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium haemolyticum 2 2 2 see previous edition 2 ht 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Leptospira alexanderi 2 2 RG 3 in animals 1 + 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Aerococcus viridans 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/aerococcus.html 2 TA, ht 2 TA Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Borrelia hermsii 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Paravaccinia virus 2 2 2 2 PHV No No No No No
parasite Onchocerca spp 2 Filaria worms 2 AAH, AHH Yes Yes No No No
virus Iridoviridae Iridoviruses of crustaceans and mollusces 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Pantoea stewartii 1 p 2 PP, QUA No No Yes No No
bacteria Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens 2 1 p2 1 PP No No Yes No No
bacteria Aeromonas jandaei 2 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Borrelia parkeri 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Sheeppox virus 2 3 1 t3 3 EPD, PM No Yes No No Yes
virus Orthomyxoviridae Avian influenza virus (Fowl plague) 2 low pathogenic; 3 high pathogenic 3 Exotic pathogenic strains 2 RG 3 in animals https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/influenza-a-virus-subtypes-h5-h7-h9.html 2 Yes Yes No No Yes
bacteria Pasteurella gallinarum 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Yersinia frederiksenii 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Flaviviridae Japanese B encephalitis virus 3 Except those strains listed in Appendix B-II-D Risk Group2 (RG2) - Viruses 3 3 Vaccination available 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/japanese-encephalitis-virus-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html 3 V 3 3 3 Japanese encephalitis virus (except for the vaccine strain 14-14-2 virus) First schedule part 1 3 Classified under SAPO Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium scrofulaceum 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Shigella dysenteriae (Type 1) 2 2 3 (*) T 3 (**), T 3* 3(**) T 3 ** (serovar 1) 3 T (Other than Type 1 are RG 2) Yes No No No No
bacteria Bartonella vinsonii 2 2 2 t (subsp. vinsonii) 2 PV No No No No No
bacteria Citrobacter amalonaticus 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Egtved virus (Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus) 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Klebsiella spp. 2 All species except K. oxytoca (RG1) 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/klebsiella.html 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Actinobacillus spp. 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinobacillus-aggregatibacter.html No No No No No
virus Picornaviridae Poliovirus 2 All types, wild and attenuated 2 2 V (Type 1, 2, and 3 (see specific clause in regulation)) 2 2 V 2 3 3 Except for Sabin Type-1, Type-2, and Type-3 First schedule part 1 2 PH POL 2 Vaccine available Yes No No No No
parasite Hymenolepis diminuta 2 2 G 2 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 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 Ureaplasma gallorale 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Cowdria ruminatium 3 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium bovis 3 Except BCG vaccine strain (RG2) 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex.html#footnote28 3 V, except BCG strain 3* 3 V, Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 (Except BCG strain) Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis 2 1 +, n 1 PI PIIC No Yes No No No
bacteria Capnocytophaga granulosa 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/capnocytophaga.html 2 3 TMP Yes No No No No
virus Retroviridae Gibbon leukemia virus 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 2 2 2 PM No No No No No
virus Adenoviridae Adenovirus (human, all types) 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/adenovirus-types-1-2-3-4-5-7-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html and https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/adenovirus-serotypes-40-41.html There are separate webpages for Adenovirus (excluding serotypes 40 and 41) and Adenovirus (excluding serotypes 40 and 41). The links for both pages are present in the previous column cell. 2 2 2 AR 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Prevotella nigrescens 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Diphyllobothrium spp 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP Yes No No No No
bacteria Eubacterium timidum 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma imitans 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium amycolatum 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
virus Coronaviridae Murine hepatitis virus 2 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens 2 ht 2 No No No No No
virus Reoviridae (Ortho) reoviruses 2 Listed under Orthopoxvirus 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Sanguibacter inulinus 1 t+ 2 PV? No Yes No No No
parasite Strongyloides stercoralis 2 2 2 G 2 2 2 2 Z 2 AHH 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Helicobacter cholecystus 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Peptostreptococcus prevotii 2 Anaerococcus prevotii 2 (Peptococcus prevotii) No Yes No No No
bacteria Erlichia sennetsu 2 Yes No No No No