Agents
|
Disease
|
Category
|
Recommended Biosafety
Level 2
|
| Ebola virus |
Ebola hemorrhagic fever |
HHS |
4 |
| Francisella tularensis |
Tularemia |
HHS |
2 or 3 |
| Marburg Virus |
Marburg hemorrhagic fever |
HHS |
4 |
| Variola major virus |
Smallpox |
HHS |
4 |
| Variola minor virus |
Smallpox |
HHS |
4 |
| Yersinia pestis |
Plague |
HHS |
2 or 3 |
| Botulinum neurotoxin |
Botulism |
HHS |
2 |
| Botulinum neurotoxin producing species of Clostridium |
Botulism |
HHS |
2 |
| Bacillus anthracis |
Anthrax |
Overlap |
2 or 3 |
| Burkholderia mallei |
Glanders |
Overlap |
2 or 3 |
| Burkholderia pseudomallei |
Melioidosis |
Overlap |
2 or 3 |
| Foot and Mouth Disease virus |
FMDV |
USDA |
3 |
| Rinderpest virus |
Cattle plague |
USDA |
3 |