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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 Mansonella perstans 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Vibrio salmonicida 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Parvoviridae Adeno-associated viruses AAV 2 1 or 2 AAV 2, 3, and 5 RG1 AAV 1, 4, 6, 11 RG2 2 PH, AAV No Yes No No No
bacteria Salmonella choleraesuis 2 2 2 ('enterica') subsp. bongori, subsp. choleraesuis) (all serovars of subsp. I, e.g. SalmonellaParatyphi A,B,C, Salmonella Enteritidis in Group 2; exception: Salmonella typhi. Yes No No No No
bacteria Pasteurella gallinarum 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens 2 ht 2 No No No No No
virus Arenaviridae Mobala virus 3 3 3 2 3 PHV 3 Yes No No No No
bacteria Actinomyces spp. 2 species which are known to be pathogens in humans https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinomyces-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Pasteurella stomatis 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
bacteria Mycobacterium scrofulaceum 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Enterobius spp Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/streptococcus-pneumoniae.html 2 2 2 ht, T, V 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Papovaviridae Leopard frog papovavirus 2 I 4 to 5 No Yes No No No
bacteria Brucella ovis 3 2 2 3 3 Z Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Rathayibacter toxicus 1 No No No No Yes
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
parasite Trichinella spp 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/trichinella.html Trichinella spp. 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Acinetobacter spp. 2 2 No No 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
parasite Clonorchis viverrini 2 See also: Opisthorchis viverrini 2 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Opisthorchis viverrini Yes Yes No No No
virus Poxviridae Lumpy skin disease virus 2 3 1 t3 3 EPD, PM No Yes No No Yes
bacteria Haemophilus segni 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Staphylococcus intermedius 2 2 Z 2 PV Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Turbot herpesvirus disease 2 2 No Yes No No No
virus Caliciviridae Porcine enteric calicivirus 2 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Borrelia harveyi 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes 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 Dialister pneumosintes 2 formerly bacteroides pneumosintes 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma imitans 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Plasmodium malariae 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Retroviridae Rat lymphosarcoma virus (Rat LSA) No Yes No No No
bacteria Mimae polymorpha Yes No No No No
bacteria Borrelia miyamotoi 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Edwardsiella tarda 2 2 2 RG 3 in animals https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/edwardsiella-tarda.html 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma mycoides 2 Restricted animal pathogen 2 t3 No Yes No No Yes
parasite Pneumocystis carinii 2 2 AAH AHH ZOP Yes Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Simian sarcoma virus, SSV-1 3 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Moraxella caprae 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/moraxella.html 1 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Picornaviridae Monkey enteroviruses (SEV) 2 1 t2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Gemella sanguinis 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Herpesvirus ateles 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 2 2 3 First schedule part 1 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Flavobacterium meningosepticum 2 2 2 2 (Chryseobacterium meningosepticum) 2 Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Yes Yes No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Germiston 3 3 RG 2 in animals 2 3 2 3 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium absonum 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii 2 1 + 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Providencia stuartii 2 2 2 (= Proteus inconstans) Yes Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Caprine arthrisis/encephalomyeltis virus (CAEV) 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Legionella tucsonensis 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 (formerly Legionella) Yes No No No No
parasite Ascaris spp 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/ascaris-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html Yes Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Tick-borne encephalitis virus 4 3 (Central European), 4 (Far Eastern) 4 3 4 3 3 4 Except Louping ill, Negishi and Powassan viruses Second schedule 3 3 Yes No No Yes No