Etiologic Agents Requiring Specific Packaging

Bacterial Agents

• Acinetobacter baumannii (formerly A. calcoaceticus)
  
• Actinobacillus - all species
  
• Actinomycetaceae - all members
  
• Aeromonas hydorophila
  
• Arachnia propionica
  
• Arizona hinshawii - all serotypes
  
• Bacillus anthracis
  
• Bacteroides - all species
  
• Bartonella - all species
  
• Bordetella - all species
  
• Borrelia recurrentis, vincenti
  
• Brucella -all species
  
• Campylobacter [Vibrio] foetus, jejuni
  
• Chlamydia psittaci, trachomatis
  
• Clostridium botulinum, chauvoei, haemolyticum, histolyticum, novyi, septicum, tetani
  
• Corynebacterium diphtheriae, equi, haemolyticum, pseudotuberculosis, pyogenes, renale
  
• Edwardsiella tarda
  
• Erysipelothrix insidiosa
  
• Escherichia coli - all enteropathogenic serotypes
  
• Francisella (Pasteurella) tularensis
  
• Haemophilus ducreyi, influenzae
  
• Klebsiella - all species and all serotypes
  
• Legionella - all species and all Legionella-like organisms
  
• Leptospira interrogans - all serotypes
  
• Listeria - all species
  
• Mimae polymorpha
  
• Moraxella - all species
  
• Mycobacterium - all species
  
• Mycoplasma - all species
  
• Neisseria gonorrhoea, meningitidis
  
• Nocardia asteroides
  
• Pasteurella -all species
  
• Plesiomonas shigelloides
  
• Proteus - all species
  
• Pseudomonas mallei, pseudomallei
  
• Salmonella - all species and all serotypes
  
• Shigella - all species and all serotypes
  
• Sphaerophorus necrophorus
  
• Staphylococcus aureus
  
• Streptobacillus moniliformis
  
• Streptococcus pneumoniae, pyogenes
  
• Treponema careteum, pallidum, pertenue
  
• Vibrio cholerae, parahaemolyticus
  
• Yersinia (Pasteurella) pestis, enterocolitica.

Fungal Agents

• Blastomyces dermatitidis
  
• Coccidioides immitis
  
• Cryptococcus neoformans
  
• Histoplasma capsulatum
  
• Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Viral and Ricketsial Agents

• Adenoviruses - all types
  
• Arboviruses - all types
  
• Coxiella burnetii
  
• Coxsackie A and B viruses - all types
  
• Creutzfeldt - Jacob agent
  
• Cytomegaloviruses
  
• Dengue viruses - all types
  
• Ebola viruses
  
• Echoviruses - all types
  
• Encephalomyocarditis virus
  
• Hemorrhagic fever agents including, but not limited to, Crimean hemorrhagic fever (Congo), Junin,
  
• Machupo, and Korean hemorrhagic fever viruses
  
• Hepatitis associated materials
  
• Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E viruses
  
• Herpesvirus - all members
  
• Infectious bronchitis-like virus
  
• Influenza viruses - all types
  
• Kuru agent
  
• Lassa virus
  
• Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
  
• Marburg virus
  
• Measles virus
  
• Mumps virus
  
• Parainfluenza viruses - all types
  
• Polioviruses - all types
  
• Poxviruses - all members
  
• Rabies virus - all strains
  
• Reoviruses - all types
  
• Respiratory syncytial virus
  
• Rhinoviruses - all types
  
• Rickettsia - all species
  
• Rochalimaea quintana
  
• Rotaviruses - all types
  
• Rubella virus
  
• Simian virus 40
  
• Tick-borne encephalitis virus complex, including Russian spring-summer encephalitis,
  
• Kyasanur forest disease, Omsk hemorrhagic fever, and Central European encephalitis viruses.
  
• Vaccinia virus
  
• Varicella virus
  
• Variola major and Variola minor viruses
  
• Vesicular stomatis virus - all types
  
• White pox viruses
  
• Yellow fever virus

Etiologic Agents Requiring Shipment by Registered Mail or Equivalent

• Coccidioides immitis
  
• Ebola virus
  
• Francisella (Pasteurella) tularensis
  
• Hemorrhagic fever agents including but not limited to, Crimean hemorrhagic fever (Congo),
  
• Junin, Machupo viruses, and Korean hemorrhagic fever viruses
  
• Herpesvirus simiae (B virus)
  
• Histoplasma capsulatum
  
• Lassa virus
  
• Marburg virus
  
• Pseudomonas mallei
  
• Pseudomonas pseudomallei
  
• Tick-borne encephalitis virus complex, including Russian spring-summer encephalitis,
  
• Kyasanur forest disease, Omsk hemorrhagic fever, and Central European encephalitis viruses
  
• Variola major and Variola minor viruses
  
• Yersinia (Pasteurella) pestis