Table 8.1.
U.S. National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Priority Pathogens
| Category A |
| Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) |
| Clostridium botulinum |
| Yersinia pestis |
| Variola major (smallpox) and other pox viruses |
| Francisella tularensis (tularemia) |
| Viral hemorrhagic fevers |
| Arenaviruses (LCM; Junin, Machupo, Guanarito viruses; Lassa fever); Bunyaviruses (Hantaviruses, Rift Valley fever) |
| Flaviruses (Dengue) |
| Filoviruses (Ebola, Marburg) |
| Category B |
| Burkholderia pseudomallei |
| Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) |
| Brucella species (brucellosis) |
| Burkholderia mallei (glanders) |
| Ricin toxin (from Ricinus communis) |
| Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens |
| Staphylococcus enterotoxin B |
| Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii) |
| Food and waterborne pathogens (bacteria, viruses, protozoa) |
| Category C |
| Tickborne hemorrhagic fever viruses (Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever) |
| Tickborne encephalitis viruses |
| Yellow fever |
| Multidrug-resistant TB |
| Influenza |
| Other rickettsias |
| Rabies |
| Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) |
| Antimicrobial resistance |
Source: Accessed on September 18, 2006 at: http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/bandc_ priority.htm.