Recommended Updates to Schedules 2 to 4 of the HPTA
The Advisory Committee on Human Pathogens and Toxins (AC-HPT) was consulted on the proposed amendments to Schedules 2 to 4 to the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act. The recommendations of the AC-HPT were provided to the Minister of Health on April 14, 2017.
Schedule 2 - Risk Group 2 Human Pathogens
Bacteria
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Actinobacillus ureae
Actinomyces israelii
Aerococcus urinae
Aeromonas hydrophila
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Bacteroides fragilis
Bordetella bronchiseptica
Bordetella parapertussis
Bordetella pertussis
Borrelia burgdorferi
Campylobacter jejuni
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Citrobacter freundii
Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium tetani
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Enterococcus faecium
Escherichia coli
Fusobacterium necrophorum
Haemophilus influenzae
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Helicobacter pylori
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Legionella pneumophila
Leptospira interrogans
Listeria monocytogenes
Moraxella catarrhalis
Mycobacterium avium
Mycobacterium leprae
Mycobacterium smegmatis
Mycoplasma genitalium
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria meningitidis
Pasteurella multocida
Porphyromonas gingivalis
Proteus mirabilis
Proteus vulgaris
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Rickettsia akari
Rickettsia conorii
Salmonella enterica
Serratia marcescens
Shigella dysenteriae
Shigella flexneri
Shigella sonnei
Sphingobacterium faecium
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Streptococcus agalactiae
Streptococcus pyogenes
Treponema pallidum
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Vibrio cholerae
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Viruses
Colorado tick fever virus
Cowpox virus
Epstein-Barr virus
Hepatovirus A
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis C virus
Hepatitis delta virus
Hepatitis E virus
Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and 2 (Simplexvirus)
Human betaherpesvirus 5 (Cytomegalovirus)
Human betaherpesvirus 6A, 6B, and 7 (Roseolovirus)
Human gammaherpesvirus 8 (Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus)
Measles virus
Molluscum contagiosum virus
Mumps virus
Newcastle disease virus
Norwalk virus
Alphapapillomavirus
Human parainfluenza virus 1 to 4
Rotavirus A
Human respiratory syncytial virus
Rhinovirus A to C
Semliki Forest virus
Sendai virus
Vaccinia virus
Zika virus
Fungi
Aspergillus fumigatus
Candida albicans
Cryptococcus neoformans
Epidermophyton floccosum
Microsporum audouinii
Microsporum canis
Microsporum ferrugineum
Penicillium marneffei
Sporothrix schenckii
Trichophyton concentricum
Trichophyton rubrum
Trichophyton schoenleinii
Trichophyton tonsurans
Protozoa / Protozoaires
Acanthamoeba castellanii
Giardia intestinalis
Leishmania aethiopica
Leishmania braziliensis
Leishmania chagasi
Leishmania donovani
Leishmania guyanensis
Leishmania infantum
Leishmania panamensis
Plasmodium falciparum
Shistosoma mansoni
Toxoplasma gondii
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Trypanosoma brucei rhodiense
Trypanosoma cruzi
Prions / Prions
Schedule 3 - Risk Group 3 Human Pathogens
Bacteria
Bacillus anthracis
Brucella abortus
Brucella melitensis
Burkholderia mallei
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Chlamydophila psittaci
Coxiella burnetii
Francisella tularensis
Mycobacterium africanum
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium microti
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Orientia tsutsugamushi
Rickettsia japonica
Rickettsia prowazekii
Rickettsia rickettsii
Rickettsia typhi
Yersinia pestis
Viruses
Chikungunya virus
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Hantaan hantavirus
Human immunodeficiency virus 1 and 2
Japanese encephalitis virus
Louping ill virus
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus
Monkeypox virus
Mucambo virus
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
Powassan virus
Rabies lyssavirus
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
St. Louis encephalitis virus
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
Western equine encephalitis virus
West Nile Virus
Yellow fever virus
Fungi
Ajellomyces (Blastomyces) dermatitidis
Cladophialophora bantiana
Coccidioides immitis
Coccidioides posadasii
Cryptococcus gattii
Histoplasma capsulatum
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Protozoa
Prions
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease agent
Kuru agent
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease agent
Schedule 4 - Risk Group 4 Human Pathogens
Viruses
Alkhumra virus
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic nairovirus
Ebolaviruses
Guanarito mammarenavirus
Hendra virus
Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1
Junin mammarenavirus
Kyasanur Forest disease virus
Lassa mammarenavirus
Machupo mammarenavirus
Marburgvirus
Nipah virus
Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus
Sabia mammarenavirus
Tick-borne encephalitis virus
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