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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 Coronaviridae Middle eastern respiratory (MERS) 3 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/biosafety-directives-advisories-notifications/biosafety-advisory-middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-mers.html Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) 3 3 First schedule part 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Arcanobacterium phocae 2 t 2 PV? No No No No No
virus Retroviridae Murine mammary tumor viruses (MMTV) 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Salmonella enterica 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/salmonella-enterica.html Formerly Salmonella choleraesuis. The risk group associated with Salmonella enterica ssp. reflects the species as a whole, but does not necessarily reflect the risk group classification of every subspecies. No No No No No
parasite Strongyloides spp 2 2 2 2 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Picornaviridae Aphthovirus 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Peptostreptococcus micros 2 old name Peptococcus glycinophilus Yes No No No No
bacteria Citrobacter spp. (Human opportunistic pathogen) https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/citrobacter.html Yes No No No No
bacteria Actinomyces suis 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 PV (Actinobaculum suis No Yes No No No
bacteria Brevibacterium avium 2 t 2 No No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Lymphocrypto virus 2 EB-like viruses; see previous edition 2 2 PM, PH 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Tatlockia maceachernii 2 Legionella maceachernii 2 2 Old name:Legionella maceachernii Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Puumala virus 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/hantavirus.html Hantavirus spp. 2 2 2 3 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Melissococcus pluton 3 2 PI No Yes No No No
virus Reoviridae Orbiviruses 2 Colorado tick fever virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Rickettsia massiliae 3 2 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 Yes No No No No
bacteria Dermatophilus congolensis 2 2 2 RG 3 in animals 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Cedecea davisae 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Acinetobacter spp. 2 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Borrelia brasiliensis 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Brugia spp 2 Filaria worms 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/brugia-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 AHH Yes No No No No
virus Hepadnaviridae Woodchuck hepatitis B virus 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Chlamydia muridarum 2 2 2 t 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Actinobacillus hominis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinobacillus-aggregatibacter.html 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Borrelia dugesii 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Clonorchis sinensis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/clonorchis-sinensis-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Opisthorchis sinensis Yes Yes No No No
virus Herpesviridae Bovine herpesviruses 2 to 4 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma edwardii 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Unclassified Hepatitis viruses 3 3 **, D 3 * Yes No No No No
bacteria Streptococcus constellatus 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Birnaviridae Drosophila X virus 2 1 No Yes No No No
bacteria Flavobacterium johnsoniae 2 1 t2 2 PV (Cytophaga johnsonae) No Yes No No No
bacteria Legionella pneumophila 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/legionella-pneumophila.html 2 2 2 (subsp. fraseri, pascullei, pneumophila) 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium jeikeium 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Rinderpest virus (Cattle plague virus) 4 1 t4 4 EPD; PM No Yes No No Yes
bacteria Pasteurella mairii 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/yersinia-pseudotuberculosis.html 2 2 2 Z 2 (Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis RG 3?) 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Kumlinge virus 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 NYR PH 3 Species in Tick-borne encephalitis virus group Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Kingella kingae 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium spp. 2 2 2 f: High risk of aerosol spread. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex.html#footnote28 Yes No No No No
bacteria Sphaerophorus necrophorus 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Escherichia vulneris 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Prion Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome 2 2 3 3 **, D, d 3* 3(**) 3 First schedule part 1 3 ** PH TSE 3 * Yes No No No No
parasite Isopora spp 2 2 other species than listed 2 AAH No Yes No No No
virus Papovaviridae Bovine papilloma virus 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 1 t2 No No No No No
bacteria Neisseria spp. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/neisseria.html Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Vibrio alginolyticus 2 Beneckea alginolytica 2 TA, Z 2 TA; (= Beneckea alginolytica) No Yes No No No
bacteria Haemophilus paragallinarum 2 (serotype A); see previous edition 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium caprae 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 Enterobacter sakazakii 2 2 Yes No No No No