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RiskGroupDb

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
bacteria Atopobium rimae 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Rhadinovirus, except H.ateles,H. saimiri 2 2 PM 2 HHV8 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Acinetobacter spp. 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma phocidae 2 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Rickettsia canadensis 3 2 3 : (*) 3 ** 3* Formerly Rickettsia canada 2 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 ** 3 Yes No No No No
bacteria Helcococcus kunzii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Escherichia fergusonii 2 2 with the exception of non-pathogenic strains 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Ovine lymphosarcoma virus (OLV) 3 No Yes No No No
bacteria Borrelia venezuelensis 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Flaviviridae Hypr virus 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 NYR PH 3 Vaccine available Yes Yes No No No
virus Picornaviridae Coxsackie virus 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/coxsackievirus-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 2 2 PH 2 Yes Yes No No No
parasite Custocercis spp 2 No No No No No
bacteria Alcaligenes faecalis 2 ht 2 No No No No No
bacteria Moraxella catarrhalis 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/moraxella.html 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Globicatella sanguinis 2 2 ht 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Enterobacter hormaechei 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
virus Reoviridae Rotaviruses for animals (other) 2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Bordetella parapertussis 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium perfringens 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/clostridium-perfringens.html This risk group applies to the species as a whole, and may not apply to every strain. 2 2 2 ht, T 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Legionella wadsworthii 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Wuchereria malayi Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus sanguinis 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Unclassified Hepatitis viruses 3 3 **, D 3 * Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma gallisepticum 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Pseudomonas alcaligenes 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Ehrlichia risticii 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Citrobacter sedlakii 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Streptococcus uberis 2 2 2 ht 1 PIIC Yes Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Siberian tick-borne encephalitis virus 3 3 3 Yes No No Yes No
bacteria Enterobacter aerogenes 2 2 Enterobacter cloacae 2 2 ht 2 (=Klebsiella mobilis) 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium absonum 2 Yes No No No No
virus Coronaviridae Porcine transmissible gastroenteritis virus 2 2 1 t2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis 2 2 2 refer to Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis Yes No No No No
virus Parvoviridae Aleutian mink disease virus 3 1 t2 2 PM; equal synonym Aleutian diesease virus No Yes No No No
parasite Balantidium spp Yes No No No No
parasite Taenia spp 2 AAH, AHH Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Stenotrophomonas africana 2 Yes No No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Vesicular stomatitis virus 3 Except non exotic strains (Listed in Appendix B-II-D): VSV-Indiana 1 serotype strains (e.g. Glasgow, Mudd-Summers, Orsay, San Juan) and VSV-New Jersey serotype strains (e.g. Ogden, Hazelhurst) (RG2) 2 3 Human RG 2 except Alagoas (3) https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/vesicular-stomatitis-virus.html Chandipura and Piry viruses are classified as Risk Group 3 human pathogens. Indiana, Cocal, Alagoas, New Jersey, Isfahan and Maraba viruses are classified as Risk Group 2 human pathogens. Vesicular Stomatitis Virus is classified as Risk Group 3 since the species includes Risk Group 3 serotypes. 2 2 2 3 Excpet Indiana vesticulovirus and New Jersey vesiculovirus First schedule part 1 3 EPD, PHV 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma arginini 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella melaninogenica 2 2 ht 2 Old name:Bacteroides melaninogenicus, Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. Melaninogenicus Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Phocid herpesvirus 1 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium pyogenes 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Centipeda periodontii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Onchocerca spp 2 Filaria worms 2 AAH, AHH Yes Yes No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Sin Nombre virus (former Muerto Canyon) 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/hantavirus.html Hantavirus spp. 3 3 3 3 First schedule part 1 3 PHV 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Bartonella talpae 3 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Papovaviridae Monkey (SV40, SA-12, STMV, LPV) 2 2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens 2 1 p2 1 PP No No Yes No No
bacteria Aerococcus christensenii https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/aerococcus.html 1 + 2 No No No No No
bacteria Nocardia spp. 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/nocardia.html his risk group classification applies to the genus as a whole, and may not reflect the risk group classification of every species within the genus. Yes No No No No