1. Are You Prepared

Bioterrorism Diseases

A

Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
Arenaviruses

B

Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin)
Rubella 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)