Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases

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)