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CDC has divided potential bioterrorism agents into 3 categories Category A, Cat B and Cat C.
Category A
Easily disseminated and result in high mortality, hence given the highest priority.
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Plague
- Small Pox
- Tularemia
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Lassa fever
- Crimean congo fever
- Ebola
- Marburg
Plague is one of the most potent members of this group, because pnemonic plague has a mortality of 100% if untreated and it has person to person transmission
Category B
Moderately easy to disseminate and result in moderate mortality and morbidity, hence given second highest priority.
- Brucellosis
- Glanders
- Meliodosis
- Q fever
- Typhus fever
- Viral encephalitis
- Cholera
Category C
Emerging pathogens against which the general population lacks immunity
- Nipah virus
- Hanta virus
- SARS virus
- Influenza virus
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