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===Category B=== Category B agents are moderately easy to disseminate and have low mortality rates. * [[Brucellosis]] ([[Brucella|''Brucella'' species]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/brucellosis/|title=CDC Brucellosis - Emergency Preparedness & Response|date=May 16, 2019}}</ref> * Epsilon toxin of ''[[Clostridium perfringens]]'' * Food safety threats (for example, ''[[Salmonella]] species'', [[Escherichia coli O157:H7|''E coli'' O157:H7]], ''[[Shigella]]'', ''[[Staphylococcus aureus]]'') * [[Glanders]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/glanders_gi.html |title=CDC Glanders |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209041042/http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/glanders_gi.html |archive-date=February 9, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (''[[Burkholderia mallei]]'') * [[Melioidosis]] (''[[Burkholderia pseudomallei]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/melioidosis_gi.html |title=CDC Melioidosis |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211092041/http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/melioidosis_gi.html |archive-date=February 11, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/melioidosis_gi.html#2 |title=CDC Why has melioidosis become a current issue? |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211092041/http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/dfbmd/disease_listing/melioidosis_gi.html#2 |archive-date=February 11, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Psittacosis]] (''[[Chlamydia psittaci]]'') * [[Q fever]] (''[[Coxiella burnetii]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/qfever/|title=CDC Q Fever - Emergency Preparedness and Response|date=January 15, 2019}}</ref> * [[Ricin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/|title=CDC Ricin - Emergency Preparedness & Response|date=May 16, 2019}}</ref> toxin from ''[[Castor oil plant|Ricinus communis]]'' ([[castor bean]]s) * [[Abrin]] toxin from ''[[Abrus precatorius]]'' ([[Rosary pea]]s) * [[Staphylococcus|Staphylococcal]] enterotoxin B * [[Typhus]] (''[[Rickettsia prowazekii]]'') * Viral [[encephalitis]] ([[alphavirus]]es, for example,: [[Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus|Venezuelan equine encephalitis]], [[Eastern equine encephalitis virus|eastern equine encephalitis]], [[Western equine encephalitis virus|western equine encephalitis]]) * Water supply threats (for example, ''[[Vibrio cholerae]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/cholera-11156|title=Cholera|work=WebMD}}</ref> ''[[Cryptosporidium parvum]]'')
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