Publicado por Firestation el 13/10/2010

Category A

Definition

The U.S. public health system and primary healthcare providers must be prepared to address various biological agents, including pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States. High-priority agents include organisms that pose a risk to national security because they

• can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person;
• result in high mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact;
• might cause public panic and social disruption; and
• require special action for public health preparedness.

Agents/Diseases

• Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
• Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin)
• Plague (Yersinia pestis)
• Smallpox (variola major)
• Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
• Viral hemorrhagic fevers (filoviruses [e.g., Ebola, Marburg] and arenaviruses [e.g., Lassa, Machupo])

Category B

Definition

Second highest priority agents include those that

• are moderately easy to disseminate;
• result in moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates; and
• require specific enhancements of CDC’s diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease surveillance.

Agents/Diseases

• Brucellosis (Brucella species)
• Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens
• Food safety threats (e.g., Salmonella species, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella)
• Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)
• Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)
• Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
• Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
• Ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (castor beans)
• Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
• Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)
• Viral encephalitis (alphaviruses [e.g., Venezuelan equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis])
• Water safety threats (e.g., Vibrio cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum)

Category C

Definition

Third highest priority agents include emerging pathogens that could be engineered for mass dissemination in the future because of

• availability;
• ease of production and dissemination; and
• potential for high morbidity and mortality rates and major health impact.

Agents

• Emerging infectious diseases such as Nipah virus and hantavirus

General Fact Sheets on Specific Bioterrorism Agents

• Anthrax
• Botulism
• Brucellosis
• Plague
• Smallpox
• Tularemia
• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Alfabetico:

A

• Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
• Arenaviruses

B

• Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
• Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin)
• Brucella species (brucellosis)
• Brucellosis (Brucella species)
• Burkholderia mallei (glanders)
• Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)

C

• Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis)
• Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)
• Clostridium botulinum toxin (botulism)
• Clostridium perfringens (Epsilon toxin)
• Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)

E

• Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever
• E. coli O157:H7 (Escherichia coli)
• Emerging infectious diseases such as Nipah virus and hantavirus
• Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens
• Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli)

F

• Food safety threats (e.g., Salmonella species, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella)
• Francisella tularensis (tularemia)

G

• Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)

L

• Lassa fever

M

• Marburg virus hemorrhagic fever
• Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)

P

• Plague (Yersinia pestis)
• Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)

Q

• Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)

R

• Ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (castor beans)
• Rickettsia prowazekii (typhus fever)

S

• Salmonella species (salmonellosis)
• Salmonella Typhi (typhoid fever)
• Salmonellosis (Salmonella species)
• Shigella (shigellosis)
• Shigellosis (Shigella)
• Smallpox (variola major)
• Staphylococcal enterotoxin B

T

• Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
• Typhoid fever (Salmonella Typhi)
• Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)

V

• Variola major (smallpox)
• Vibrio cholerae (cholera)
• Viral encephalitis (alphaviruses [e.g., Venezuelan equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis])
• Viral hemorrhagic fevers (filoviruses [e.g., Ebola, Marburg] and arenaviruses [e.g., Lassa, Machupo])

W

• Water safety threats (e.g., Vibrio cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum)

Y

• Yersinia pestis (plague)

Content source: National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Office of Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)

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