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Appendix B-III.    Risk Group 3 (RG3) Agents


RG3 agents are associated with serious or lethal human disease for which preventive or therapeutic interventions
may be available.

Appendix B-III-A.   Risk Group 3 (RG3) - Bacterial Agents Including Rickettsia


--Bartonella

--Brucella including B. abortus, B. canis, B. suis

--Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) mallei, B. pseudomallei

--Coxiella burnetii

--Francisella tularensis

--Mycobacterium bovis (except BCG strain, see Appendix B-II-A, Risk Group 2 (RG2) - Bacterial Agents Including
Chlamydia), M. tuberculosis

--Pasteurella multocida type B -"buffalo" and other virulent strains

--Rickettsia akari, R. australis, R. canada, R. conorii, R. prowazekii, R. rickettsii, R, siberica, R. tsutsugamushi, R. typhi
(R. mooseri)

--Yersinia pestis



Appendix B-III-B.   Risk Group 3 (RG3) - Fungal Agents


--Coccidioides immitis (sporulating cultures; contaminated soil)

--Histoplasma capsulatum, H. capsulatum var.. duboisii



Appendix B-III-C.   Risk Group 3 (RG3) - Parasitic Agents


None



Appendix B-III-D.   Risk Group 3 (RG3) - Viruses and Prions


Alphaviruses (Togaviruses) - Group A Arboviruses

--Semliki Forest virus

--St. Louis encephalitis virus

--Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus (except the vaccine strain TC-83, see Appendix B-II-D (RG2))

--Other viruses as listed in the reference source (see Section V-C, Footnotes and References of Sections I through IV)



Arenaviruses

--Flexal

--Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCM) (neurotropic strains)



Bunyaviruses

--Hantaviruses including Hantaan virus     

--Rift Valley fever virus



Flaviviruses (Togaviruses) - Group B Arboviruses

--Japanese encephalitis virus

--Yellow fever virus

--Other viruses as listed in the reference source (see Section V-C, Footnotes and References of Sections I through IV)



Poxviruses

--Monkeypox virus


Prions

--Transmissible spongioform encephalopathies (TME) agents (Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease and kuru agents)(see Section
V-C, Footnotes and References of Sections I through IV, for containment instruction)


Retroviruses

--Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) types 1 and 2

--Human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) types 1 and 2

--Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)


Rhabdoviruses

--Vesicular stomatitis virus