Select Agents Flashcards
(103 cards)
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How is Peste des petits ruminants virus classified as a select agent?
A
USDA
2
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How is Pathogenic Vibrios classified as a select agent?
A
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
3
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How are Microsporidia classified as a select agent?
A
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
4
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How is Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus classified as a select agent?
A
HHS
Category B
5
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How is Sheep pox virus classified as a select agent?
A
USDA
6
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How is Burkholderia pseudomallei classified as a select agent?
A
Overlap and Tier 1
Category B
(aka melioidosis)
7
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How is European subtype tickborne encephalitis virus classified as a select agent?
A
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
8
Q
How are conotoxins classified as a select agent?
A
HHS
9
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How is Abrin classified as a select agent?
A
HHS
10
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How is Tetrodotoxin classified as a select agent?
A
HHS
11
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How is Chapare South American Haemorrhagic Fever virus classified as a select agent?
A
HHS
Category A
12
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How is the reconstructed 1918 pandemic influenza virus classified as a select agent?
A
HHS
Category C
13
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How is Diarrheagenic E.coli classified as a select agent?
A
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
14
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How is Kyasanur Forest disease virus classified as a select agent?
A
HHS
Category C
15
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How is Lassa fever virus classified as a select agent?
A
HHS
Category A
16
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How is Dengue classified as a select agent?
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NOT a select agent
It is Category A Priority Pathogen though
17
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How is Giardia lamblia classified as a select agent?
A
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
18
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How is Brucella abortus classified as a select agent?
A
Overlap
Category B
19
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How are Prions classified as a select agent?
A
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
20
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What are the criteria to place an agent as a Category C Priority Pathogen?
A
- Potential for high morbidity/mortality
- Ease of production
- Availability
21
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How is Coxiella burnetii classified as a select agent?
A
HHS
Category B
(aka Q Fever)
22
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How is Mycoplasma mycoides classified as a select agent?
A
USDA
23
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How is West Nile Virus classified as a select agent?
A
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
24
Q
How is Nipah virus classified as a select agent?
A
Overlap
Category C
25
How is Powassan/Deer Tick virus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
26
How is Junin South American Haemorrhagic Fever virus classified as a select agent?
HHS
| Category A
27
How is Heartland virus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
28
How is Hepatitis A classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
29
How is Yellow Fever Virus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
30
What are the criteria to place an agent as a Category A Priority Pathogen?
- Causes public panic
- High mortality
- Easily disseminated
- Special action for public health preparedness
31
How is Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus classified as a select agent?
Overlap
| Catgegory B
32
How is Yersinia pestis classified as a select agent?
HHS and Tier 1
| Category A
33
What are the 3 broad categories of select agents?
1. HHS Select Agents & Toxins
2. Overlap Select Agents & Toxins
3. USDA Select Agents & Toxins
34
How is Siberian Tick-borne encephalitis complex (flavi) virus classified as a select agent?
HHS
| Category C
35
According to the NIH, how are pathogens categorized that pose the highest risk to national security and public health?
Categories A, B, and C Priority Pathogens
| first, second, and third highest priority, respectively
36
How is Burkholderia mallei classified as a select agent?
Overlap and Tier 1
Category B
(aka glanders)
37
How is Francisella tularensis classified as a select agent?
HHS and Tier 1
| Category A
38
How are Staphylococcal enterotoxins A,B,C,D,E subtypes classified as a select agent?
HHS
| SE-B is a Category B
39
How is Variola minor virus (Alastrim)classified as a select agent?
HHS and Tier 1
| Category A
40
How are Caliciviruses classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
41
How is Saxitoxin classified as a select agent?
HHS
42
How is Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome virus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
43
How is Newcastle disease virus classified as a select agent?
USDA
44
How is Western encephalitis virus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
45
How is Mycoplasma capricolum classified as a select agent?
USDA
46
How is Brucella melitensis classified as a select agent?
Overlap
| Category B
47
How is Machupo South American Haemorrhagic Fever virus classified as a select agent?
HHS
| Category A
48
How is T-2 toxin classified as a select agent?
HHS
49
How is the epsilon toxin from Clostridium perfringens classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
50
How is Diacetoxyscirpenol classified as a select agent?
HHS
51
How is Coccidioides classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
52
How is Rabies virus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
53
How is LaCrosse encaphalitis classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
54
How is Lujo virus classified as a select agent?
HHS
| Category A
55
How is Lumpy skin disease virus classified as a select agent?
USDA
56
How is Goat pox virus classified as a select agent?
USDA
57
How is Foot-and-mouth disease virus classified as a select agent?
USDA and Tier 1
58
How is Listeria monocytogenes classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
59
How is Bacillus anthracis classified as a select agent?
Overlap and Tier 1
| Category A
60
How is Variola major virus (Smallpox virus) classified as a select agent?
HHS and Tier 1
| Category A
61
How is Brucella suis classified as a select agent?
Overlap
| Category B
62
How is Bacillus anthracis Pasteur strain classified as a select agent?
Overlap
| Category A
63
How is Naegleria fowleri classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
64
How is Far Eastern Subtype Tick-borne encephalitis complex (flavi) virus classified as a select agent?
HHS
| Category C
65
How is Rinderpest virus classified as a select agent?
USDA and Tier 1
66
How is Cryptosporidium parvum classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
67
How is Sabia South American Haemorrhagic Fever virus classified as a select agent?
HHS
68
How is TB classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
69
How is Salmonella classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
70
How is Shigella species classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
71
How is Hantavirus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category A Priority Pathogen and
"other hantaviruses" are Category C though.
72
How is Japanese encephalitis virus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
73
How is African horse sickness virus classified as a select agent?
USDA
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How is Avian influenza virus classified as a select agent?
USDA
| Category C
75
What are the two federal agencies that determine select agent status?
HHS & USDA
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How are Botulinum neurotoxin producing species of Clostridium classified as a select agent?
HHS and Tier 1
| Category A
77
How is Hendra virus classified as a select agent?
Overlap
| Category C
78
How is Yersinia enterocolitica classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
79
How is California encephalitis classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
80
How is Balamuthia mandrillaris classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
81
What are the criteria to place an agent as a Category B Priority Pathogen?
- Moderately easily disseminated
- Moderate morbidity/low mortality
- Enhanced diagnostics and surveillance needed
82
How is Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus classified as a select agent?
HHS
| Category A
83
How is Ricin classified as a select agent?
HHS
| Category B
84
How is Cyclospora cayatanensis classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
85
How is Monkeypox virus classified as a select agent?
HHS
86
How is Marburg virus classified as a select agent?
HHS and Tier 1
| Category A
87
How is Chikungunya virus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
88
How are Botulinum neurotoxins classified as a select agent?
HHS and Tier 1
| Category A
89
How is Toxoplasma gondii classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
90
How is Entamoeba histolytica classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
91
How is African swine fever virus classified as a select agent?
USDA
92
How is Rift Valley fever virus classified as a select agent?
Overlap
| Category A
93
How is Alkhurma virus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category C Priority Pathogen though
94
How is Classical swine fever virus classified as a select agent?
USDA
95
How is Campylobacter jejuni classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
96
How is Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus classified as a select agent?
HHS
| Category C
97
How is SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) classified as a select agent?
HHS
| Category C
98
How is Swine vesicular disease virus classified as a select agent?
USDA
99
How is Ebola virus classified as a select agent?
HHS and Tier 1
| Category A
100
How is Guanarito South American Haemorrhagic Fever virus classified as a select agent?
HHS
| Category A
101
How is Rickettsia prowazekii classified as a select agent?
HHS
Category B
(aka Typhus fever)
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How is St. Louis encephalitis virus classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
103
How is Chlamydia psittaci classified as a select agent?
NOT a select agent
It is Category B Priority Pathogen though
(aka Psittacosis)
