This page lists many biological pathogens of interest. They are listed by type. The names of pathogens are linked to a search engine; if you click on a pathogen name you will get the results of a search of the World Wide Web.

Bacteria

• Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax)
• Brucella abortus
• Brucella melitensis
• Brucella suis
• Chlamydia psittaci
• Clostridium botulinum (Botulism)
• Clostridium perfringens (Gangrene)
• Clostridium tetani (Tetanus)
• Escherichia coli 0157
• Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)
• Legionella pneumophila (Legionnaires')
• Pseudomonas mallei
• Pseudomonas pseudomallei
• Rocio
• Salmonella typhi (Salmonella)
• Shigella dysenteriae
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Vibrio cholera (Cholera)
• Yersinia pestis (Plague)
• Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Viruses

• Chikungunya
• Congo-Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever
• Dengue Fever
• Eastern Equine Encephalitis
• Ebola
• Hantaan
• Human Immunodeficiency
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Junin
• Louping Ill
• Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
• Kyasanur Forest Machupo
• Lassa Fever
• Marburg
• Monkey Pox
• Murray Valley Encephalitis
• Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
• Oropouche
• Rift Valley Fever
• St. Louis Encephalitis
• Tick-borne Encephalitis
• Variola
• Western Equine Encephalitis
• White Pox
• Yellow Fever

Toxins

• Botulinum
• Clostridium perfringens (Gangrene)
• Conotoxin
• Microcystin; also, Cyanginosin
• Ricin
• Saxitoxin
• Shiga
• Tetrodotoxin
• Verotoxin

Rickettsia

• Coxiella burnetti
• Rickettsia quintana
• Rickettsia prowasecki
• Rickettsia rickettsii

References and Links

• A Field Guide to Germs, Wayne Biddle (Doubleday, New York, New York, 1995).
• Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
• Australia Group, Export Controls on Materials Used in the Manufacture of Chemical and Biological Weapons
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Health Organization