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Biological Agents


CATEGORY A
Anthrax (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Botulism (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Plague (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Smallpox (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Tularemia (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

CATEGORY B
Brucellosis (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens (Source: Arizona Department of Health Services)
Salmonella species (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Shigella (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Glanders (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Melioidosis (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Psittacosis (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Q fever (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (Source: Arizona Department of Health Services)
Typhus fever (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Viral encephalitis (Source: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Viral encephalitis - Children (Source: Nemours Foundation)
Alphaviruses (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Venezuelan equine encephalitis (Source: Medical NBC - Online)
Eastern equine encephalitis (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Western equine encephalitis (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Cholera (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Cryptosporidim parvum (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

2CATEGORY C
SARS (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Hantavirus (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Avian Influenza (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
West Nile Virus (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Lassa Fever (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Nipah Virus (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Ebola (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Legionnaire Disease (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
AIDS (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Lyme Disease (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Cryptosporidiosis (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Diphtheria (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Malaria (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Pertussis (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Rabies (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Measles (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Schistosomiasis (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
TB (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Yellow Fever (Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
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