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Table 11.1 Category A–C Bio threats. Copied from reference [10]
Toxins
Central European tick-borne encephalitis
a
Botulinum neurotoxins
a,A
Kyasanur forest disease
a,B
Shigatoxin
a
Omsk hemorrhagic fever
a
Tetrodotoxin
a
Far eastern tick-borne encephalitis
a
T-2 toxin
a
Russian spring/summer encephalitis
a
Staphylococcal enterotoxins
a,B
Avian influenza virus (highly pathogenic)
c
Ricin
a,A
Reconstructed 1918 influenza virus
a
Diacetoxyscirpenol
a
Cereopithecine herpesvirus 1 (Herpes B virus)
a
Conotoxins
a
Abrin
a
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
C
Saxitoxin
a
Caliciviruses
B
Shiga-like ribosome inactivating proteins
a
Influenza
C
Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin
a,B
West nile virus
B
Viruses
Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever
a,C
Eastern equine encephalitis
a,B
Bacteria/rickettsia
Hendra virus
b
Bacillus anthracis
b,A
Variola major (smallpox)
a,A
Brucella abortus
b,B
Variola minor (alastrim)
a,A
Brucella melitensis
b,B
Monkeypox
a,A
Brucella suis
b,B
Filoviruses
Burkholderia mallei
b,B
Ebola virus
a,A
Burkholderia pseudomallei
b,B
Marburg virus
a,A
Coxiella burnetii
a,B
Arenaviruses
Francisella tularensis
a,A
Junin
a,A
Yersinia pestis
a,A
Machupo
a,A
Rickettsia prowazekii
a,B
Guanarito
a,A
Rickettsia rickettsii
a
Flexal
a,A
Pathogenic vibrios
B
Sabia
a,A
Shigella species
B
Lassa
a,A
Salmonella species
B
Japanese encephalitis virus
B
Listeria monocytogenes
B
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
b,B
Yersinia enterolitica
B
Dengue
A
Campylobacter jejuni
B
LaCrosse
B
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis
C
California encephalitis
B
Other Rickettsia
C
Western equine encephalitis
B
Chlamydia psittaci
A
Bunyaviruses
Diarrheagenic E. coli
B
Hantaviruses
A
Botulinum toxin-producing species of
Clostridium
a
Rift Valley Fever
b,A
Chikungunya
C
Protozoa
Hepatitis A
B
Cryptosporidium parvum
B
Yellow fever
C
Cyclospora cayatanensis
B
Rabies
C
Entamoeba histolytica
B
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11 Defense Against Biological Terrorism: Vaccines and Their Characterizations