Table III.
| National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Category A, B, and C Priority Pathogens | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category A | Category B | Category C |
| • Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) | • Burkholderia pseudomallei | Emerging infectious disease threats such as Nipah virus and additional hantaviruses. |
| • Clostridium botulinum toxin (botulism) | • Coxiella burnetii (Q Fever) | |
| • Brucella species (brucellosis) | ||
| • Yersinia pestis (plague) | • Burkholderia mallei (glanders) | NIAID priority areas: |
| • Variola major (smallpox) and other related pox viruses | • Chlamydia psittaci (Psittacosis) | • Tickborne hemorrhagic fever viruses |
| • Ricin toxin (from Ricinus communis) | • Crimean‐Congo hemorrhagic fever virus | |
| • Francisella tularensis (tularemia) | • Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens | • Tickborne encephalitis viruses |
| • Staphylococcus enterotoxin B | • Yellow fever | |
| • Viral hemorrhagic fevers | • Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii) | • Multi‐drug resistant TB |
| • Arenaviruses | • Food and waterborne pathogens | • Influenza |
| • LCM, Junin virus, Machupo virus, Guanarito virus | • Bacteria | • Other Rickettsias |
| • Diarrheagenic E. coli | • Rabies | |
| • Lassa Fever | • Pathogenic Vibrios | • Prions |
| • Bunyaviruses | • Shigella species | • Chikungunya virus |
| • Hantaviruses | • Salmonella | • Severe acute respiratory syndrome associated coronavirus (SARS‐CoV) |
| • Rift Valley Fever | • Listeria monocytogenes | |
| • Flaviruses | • Campylobacter jejuni | |
| • Dengue | • Yersinia enterocolitica) | |
| • Filoviruses | • Viruses (Caliciviruses, Hepatitis A) | |
| • Ebola | • Protozoa | |
| • Marburg | • Cryptosporidium parvum | |
| • Cyclospora cayatanensis | ||
| • Giardia lamblia | ||
| • Entamoeba histolytica | ||
| • Toxoplasma | ||
| • Microsporidia | ||
| • Additional viral encephalitides | ||
| • West Nile virus | ||
| • LaCrosse | ||
| • California encephalitis | ||
| • VEE | ||
| • EEE | ||
| • WEE | ||
| • Japanese Encephalitis virus | ||
| • Kyasanur Forest virus | ||
The list of potential bioterrorism agents was compiled from both CDC and NIH/NIAID websites.