Table 1.
NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Priority Pathogens National Institutes of Health, 2013a
| Category A | Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)b |
| Clostridium botulinum toxin (botulism)b | |
| Yersinia pestis (plague)b | |
| Variola majorb (smallpox) and other related pox viruses | |
| Francisella tularensis (tularemia)b | |
| Arenaviruses (LCM, Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, Lassa Fever) | |
| Bunyaviruses (Hantaviruses, Rift Valley Fever) | |
| Flaviruses (Dengue) | |
| Filoviruses (Ebolab, Marburgb) | |
| Category B | Burkholderia pseudomalleib |
| Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) | |
| Brucella species (brucellosis) | |
| Burkholderia mallei (glanders) | |
| Chlamydia psittaci (Psittacosis) | |
| Ricin toxin (from Ricinus communis) | |
| Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens | |
| Staphylococcus enterotoxin B | |
| Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii) | |
| Food- and Waterborne Pathogens (Diarrheagenic E. coli, Pathogenic Vibrios, Shigella species, Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, Yersinia enterocolitica, Caliciviruses, Hepatitis A, Cryptosporidium parvum, Cyclospora cayatanensis, Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Toxoplasma, Microsporidia) | |
| Additional viral encephalitides (West Nile Virus, LaCrosse, California encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis, Japanese Encephalitis Virus, Kyasanur Forest Virus) | |
| Category C | Nipah virus and additional hantaviruses |
| Tickborne hemorrhagic fever viruses (Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus) | |
| Tickborne encephalitis viruses | |
| Yellow fever | |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tuberculosis, including drug-resistant TB) | |
| Influenza | |
| Other Rickettsias | |
| Rabies | |
| Prions | |
| Chikungunya virus | |
| SARS-CoV | |
| Antimicrobial resistance microorganismsc | |
| Coccidioides immitis | |
| Coccidioides posadasii |
a
See reference National Select Agent Registry, 2014 for a list of all select agents, including animal and plant pathogens listed by the US Department of Agriculture.
b
Top Tier 1 Agent as listed on the National Select Agent Registry.
c
Excludes sexually transmitted organisms.