Table 1.

Main biological threat agents [78].

Group	Diseases	Agents
A	Anthrax	Bacillus anthracis
	Botulism	Clostridium botulinum toxin
	Plague	Yersinia pestis
	Smallpox	Variola major
	Tularemia	Francisella tularensis
	Viral hemorrhagic fevers	Filoviruses and Arenaviruses
B	Brucellosis	Brucella spp.
	Epsilon toxin	Clostridium perfringens
	Food safety threats	Salmonella spp., E.coli O157:H7, Shigella
	Glanders	Burkholderia mallei
	Melioidosis	Burkholderia pseudomallei
	Psittacosis	Chlamydia psittaci
	Q fever	Coxiella burnetii
	Ricin toxin	Ricinus communis
	Staphylococcal enterotoxin	Staphylococcus spp.
	Typhus fever	Rickettsia prowazekii
	Viral encephalitis	Alphaviruses
	Water safety threats	Vibrio cholera, Cryptosporidium parvum
C	Emerging infectious diseases	Nipahvirus and Hantavirus