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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
virus Flaviviridae Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus 4 4 4 3 4 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/omsk-haemorrhagic-fever-virus-ohfv.html 3 V, Tick-borne encephalitis 4 3 4 Second schedule 4 PHV 4 Yes Yes No Yes No
bacteria Ehrlichia equi 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Invertebrate lyssaviruses 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Helicobacter muridarum 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Picornaviridae Porcine enterovirus type 1 (Teschen disease) 3 1 t2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Erwinia herbicola 2 2 PP? (Pantoea agglomerans) No No No No No
parasite Dracunculus medinensis 2 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Serpulina spp. 2 2 2 2 See Brachispira spp Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Providencia spp. 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Cedecea lapagei 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Liberobacter asiaticum 3 PP QUA Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma synoviae 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei 3 Pseudomonas pseudomallei 3 2 b f 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/burkholderia-pseudomonas-pseudomallei-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html Biosafety level 3 practices and containment for activities utilizing infectious body fluids and tissues; also for activities with a high potential for aerosol or droplet production or the production of large quantities of infectious materials; Agriculture Canada may impose additional requirements or restrictions on the use of this agent. 3 Pseudomonas pseudomallei 3 3 ht 3 First Schedule Part II 3 3 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
bacteria Corynebacterium matruchotii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Retroviridae Hamster lymphosarcoma virus (Hamster LSA) 3 No Yes No No No
bacteria Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans 2 2 (Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans) Yes No No No No
bacteria Treponema pectinovorum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Arenaviridae Lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma bovirhinis 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Riemerella columbina 2 2 t 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Prevotella brevis 2 2 ht 2 (Prevotella ruminicola subsp. brevis, Bacteroides ruminicola subsp. brevis) Yes No No No No
bacteria Lactobacillus rhamnosus 2 TA 1 PIIC Yes No No No No
bacteria Borrelia recurrentis 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Reoviridae Bluetongue virus 2(non-exotic), 3(exotic) 2 endemic strains 3 1 t2/t3 2 EPD PM No Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Border disease virus 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Francisella tularensis (Type A) 3 Except those strains listed in Appendix B-II-A, Risk Group 2 (RG2) - Bacterial Agents Including Chlamydia 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/francisella-tularensis-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html 3 3* 2 Z, (subsp. holarctica, mediasiatica) 3 Except for attenduated strains UTAH 112, live vaccine strain and B38 First Schedule Part II 3 (subsp. Holarctica, mediasiatica, tularensis) 3 Yes Yes No Yes No
bacteria Streptococcus intermedius 2 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Bacteroides distasonis https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bacteroides.html 2 No No No No No
parasite Toxoplasma gondii 2 2 2 X 2 RG 3 in animals 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/toxoplasma-gondii-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium lentiflavum 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi 3 No No Yes No No
bacteria Clostridium sordellii 2 2 see previous edition 2 No Yes No No No
virus Reoviridae Epizootic hemorrhagic disease in deer (EHD) 2 2 endemic strains 3 1 t3 3 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Fusobacterium naviforme 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Streptococcus phocae 2 2 2 t 2 PV Yes No No No No
bacteria Bacteroides ovatus 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bacteroides.html 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Trichinella spiralis 2 2 G 2 RG 3 in animals https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/trichinella.html Trichinella spp. 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Classified under SAPO Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium microti 2 3 2 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 ** 3* 3(**) Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 ** 3 * Yes No No No No
bacteria Renibacterium salmoninarum 3 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Peptostreptococcus indolicus 2 old name 2 PV, old name Peptococcus indolicus No Yes No No No
bacteria Bordetella bronchiseptica 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bordetella-bronchiseptica.html 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Caliciviridae Norovirus (former Norwalk virus) 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/norovirus-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html Norwalk Virus 2 2 2 2 PH 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Staphylococcus hyicus 2 2 t 2 PV Yes No No No No
bacteria Arcanobacterium bernardiae 2 2 No No No No No
parasite Plasmodium falciparum 2 2 3 * 2 3 (**) 3* 3(**) 2, 3 **, AHH, OST, IVE 3* Yes No No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Morbillivirus 2 2 4 2 4 Classified under SAPO No Yes No No No
bacteria Yersinia ruckeri 3 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Aeromonas punctata 2 ht 2 No No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Felid herpesvirus 1 2 1 t2 2 PM No No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Bunyamwera virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 PHV 2 Yes Yes No No No