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. 2021 Jun 9;34(3):e00126-18. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00126-18

TABLE 6.

Examples of Category A infectious substances (not inclusive) (79, 146)

Microorganism Form
Bacillus anthracis Cultures only
Brucella abortus Cultures only
Brucella melitensis Cultures only
Brucella suis Cultures only
Burkholderia mallei Cultures only
Burkholderia pseudomallei Cultures only
Chlamydia psittaci (avian strains) Cultures only
Clostridium botulinum Cultures only
Coccidoides immitis Cultures only
Coxiella burnetii Cultures only
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus Patient material, items contaminated with other potentially infectious material (OPIMa)
Dengue virus Cultures only
Eastern equine encephalitis virus Cultures only
Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli Cultures only
Ebola virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Flexal virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Francisella tularensis Cultures only
Guanarito virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Hantaan virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Hantavirus causing hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Hendra virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Herpes B virus Cultures only
Human immunodeficiency virus Cultures only
Highly pathogenic avian influenza Cultures only
Japanese encephalitis virus Cultures only
Junin virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Kyasanur forest disease virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Lassa virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Machupo virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Marburg virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Monkeypox virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cultures only
Nipah virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Poliovirus Cultures only
Rabies and other lyssaviruses Cultures only
Rickettsia prowazekii Cultures only
Rickettsia rickettsii Cultures only
Rift Valley fever virus Cultures only
Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus Cultures only
Sabia virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Shigella dysenteriae type I Cultures only
Tick-borne encephalitis virus Cultures only
Variola virus Patient material, items contaminated with OPIM
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus Cultures only
Vesicular stomatitis virus Cultures only
West Nile virus Cultures only
Yellow fever virus Cultures only
Yersinia pestis Cultures only
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See OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) for additional information (43).