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List of Select Agents

Tier 1 BSATs are indicated by an asterisk (*).[3]

HHS select agents and toxins

Bacteria

Viruses

Toxins

Overlap select agents and toxins

Bacteria

Viruses

USDA select agents and toxins

For animals

Bacteria
  • Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony (Mmm SC) (contagious bovine pleuropneumonia)
Viruses

For plants

Bacteria
Fungi or fungus-like pathogens

List of former Select Agents

Select agent regulations were revised in October 2012 to remove 19 BSATs from the list (7 Human and Overlap Agents and 12 Animal Agents).[6]

Human and Overlap Agents

Animal Agents

See also

References


  • Additional Requirements for Facilities Transferring or Receiving Select Agents, Title 42 CFR Part 72 and Appendix A; 15 April 1997 (DHHS).

  • Roos, Robert (2015), "CDC: DoD anthrax errors involved 575 shipments', CIDRAP News (18 July issue).

  • Select agent regulations were revised in October 2012 to designate thirteen "Tier 1" agents with a documented risk of causing a high consequence event higher than other BSATs. Criteria for Tier 1 status were (1) Ability to produce a mass casualty event or devastating effects to the economy; (2) Communicability; (3) Low infectious dose; and (4) History of or current interest in weaponization based on threat reporting. In the same revision Chapare virus, Lujo virus, and SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) were added to the list of select agents. Department of Health and Human Services (2012), “Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins; Biennial Review”, Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 194 / Friday, October 5, 2012 / Rules and Regulations, pg 61084. Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-24389]

  • U.S. government names SARS a select agent, restricting labs that work on virus

  • This refers to reconstructed, replication-competent forms of the 1918 flu pandemic virus containing any portion of the coding regions of all eight gene segments.

    1. Criteria for removal from the BSAT list were (1) Low potential for causing mortality; (2) Endemicity in the U.S. (animal agents); and (3) Difficulty in producing quantities necessary for high consequence event.

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