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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 SARS 3 SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-sars-associated-coronavirus.html Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) associated coronavirus 3 3 3 SARS CoV First schedule part 2 3 NYR, PHV 3 No Yes No Yes No
virus Retroviridae Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 3 Types 1 and 2 2 w/ 3 practices 2 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/human-immunodeficiency-virus.html 3 **, D 3* 3(**) 3 See Exeption First schedule part 1 3 ** PH 3 * Yes No No No No
bacteria Brucella canis 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/brucella-b-abortus-b-canis-b-melitensis-b-suis-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html Biosafety level 2 practices for activities involving clinical materials of human or animal origin; Biosafety level 3 containment, practices and facilities for all manipulations of cultures and for experimental animal studies. 3 3* 3 Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Selenomonas dianae 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Theileria annulata 3 1 t2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Moraxella nonliquefaciens 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/moraxella.html 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Arizona hinshawii 2 All serotypes No No No No No
bacteria Gordonia spp. 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium frigidicarnis 1 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Treponema carateum 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Toscana virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 PH 2 Yes No No No No
virus Reoviridae Changuinola 2 2 2 2 PH Yes No No No No
bacteria Borrelia duttoni 2 2 2 2 Z 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Rickettsia rickettsii 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/rickettsia-rickettsii.html 3 3 3 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma gallinarum 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Leptospira fainei 2 2 RG 3 in animals 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Eikenella corrodens 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Canid herpesvirus 1 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Togaviridae Mucambo virus 3 3 3 3 (**) 3 3(**) 3 First schedule part 1 3 ** PHV 3 * Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Chlamydophila pecorum 2 see chlamydia spp 2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus difficilis 2 2 PV Yes No No No No
virus Birnaviridae Infectious bursal disease virus 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium wolinskyi 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Klebsiella ozaenae 2 2 2 (Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. ozaenae) Yes No No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Human metapneumonovirus 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium pseudodiphteriticum 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis 3 Yes No No No No
virus Flaviviridae Kunjin 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/west-nile-virus.html West Nile virus (WNV) 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Sphingobacterium multivorum 2 2 Old name: Flavobacterium multivorum Yes No No No No
bacteria Kluyvera cryocrescens 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Mumps virus 2 2 Vaccination available 2 2 2 V 2 2 2 PH 2 Vaccine available Yes No No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium striatum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Acanthamoeba culbertsoni 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
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 Campylobacter upsaliensis 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Spiroplasma mirum 2 2 t 2 PV Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Nocardia seriolae 2 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium interjectum 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Whitepox (Variola) Restricted 4 4 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/variola-virus.html 4 V 4 4 Yes Yes No Yes No
parasite Leishmania peruviana 2 2 2 2 2 2 Z 2 AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
virus Orthomyxoviridae Thogoto virus 2 3 2 Tick-borne orthomyxoviridae 2 2 3 First schedule part 1 3 PHV No No No No No
bacteria Clostridium tetani 2 2 2 T 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/clostridium-tetani.html 2 T, V 2 2 T, V, ht 2 2 T,V Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Vibrio hollisae 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Proteus rettgeri 2 Providencia rettgeri 2 2 (= Providencia rettgeri) No Yes 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 Eubacterium ventriosum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma pulmonis 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Spring viremia of carp virus 2 3 1 t2 2 PM, TEN No Yes No No No
virus Arenaviridae Lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Poxviridae Avipoxviruses (other) 2 2 2 No Yes No No No