List of Category A Infectious Substances

Examples of Specimens/Tests Considered Category A Infectious for Transportation Purposes (IATA 3.6D)

This list is NOT all-inclusive.

• Bacillus anthracis (cultures only)
• Brucella abortus (cultures only)
• Brucella melitensis (cultures only)
• Brucella suis (cultures only)
• Burkholderia mallei - Pseudomonas mallei - Glanders (cultures only)
• Burkholderia pseudomalli - Pseudomonas pseudomallei (cultures only)
• Chlamydia psittaci - avian strains (cultures only)
• Clostridium botulinum (cultures only)
• Coccidioides immitis (cultures only)
• Coxiella burnetii (cultures only)
• Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
• Dengue virus (cultures only)
• Eastern equine encephalitis virus (cultures only)
• Escherichia coli, verotoxigenic (cultures only)
• Ebola virus
• Flexal virus
• Francisella tularensis (cultures only)
• Guanarito virus
• Hantaan virus
• Hantaviruses causing hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
• Hendra virus
• Hepatitis B virus (cultures only)
• Herpes B virus (cultures only)
• Human immunodeficiency virus (cultures only)
• Highly pathogenic avian ifluenza virus (cultures only)
• Japanese Encephalitis virus (cultures only)
• Junin virus
• Kyasanur Forest disease virus
• Lassa virus
• Machupo virus
• Marburg virus
• Monkeypox virus
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis (cultures only)
• Nipah virus
• Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus
• Poliovirus (cultures only)
• Rabies virus
• Rickettsia prowazekii (cultures only)
• Rickettsia rickettsii (cultures only)
• Rift Valley fever virus
• Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus (cultures only)
• Sabia virus
• Shigella dyseteriae type 1 (cultures only)
• Tick-borne encephalitis virus (cultures only)
• Variola virus
• Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
• West Nile virus (cultures only)
• Yellow fever virus (cultures only)