NIAID has released a new list of Category A-C agents. Use the following link to view the list:

2008 Category A-C Priority Pathogens (click here for NIH website)


NIAID has also released the following list of Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases:

GROUP I – PATHOGENS NEWLY RECOGNIZED IN THE PAST TWO DECADES

Acanthamebiasis
Australian bat lyssavirus
Babesia, atypical
Bartonella henselae
Ehrlichiosis
Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Encephalitozoon hellem
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Helicobacter pylori
Hendra or equine morbilli virus
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis E
Human herpesvirus 8
Human herpesvirus 6
Lyme borreliosis
Parvovirus B19

GROUP II - RE-EMERGING PATHOGENS

Enterovirus 71
Clostridium difficile (added July 2006)
Coccidioides immitis
Mumps virus (added July 2006)
Prion diseases
Streptococcus, group A
Staphylococcus Aureus
Coccidioides immitis