Table 2

 CDC category B and C agents

CDC category B agentsBrucellosis (Brucella species)
Epsilon toxin of Clostridiumperfringens
Food safety threats (Salmonella species, E coli 0157:h7, Shigella)
Glanders and melioidosis (Bukholderia mallei and pseudomallei)
Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)
Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)
Ricin toxin from the castor bean
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)
Viral encephalitis (alphaviruses, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis)
Water safety threats (Vibrio cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum)
CDC category C agentsNipah virus
Hantavirus