Biohazard Level 2 Pathogens

Biosafety Levels for Biological Agents

  • Actinetobacter calceticus Bacteria

  • Actinobacillus sp. Bacteria

  • Actinomyces sp. Bacteria

  • Adenoviruses Virus

  • Aeromaonas sp. Bacteria

  • Aleutian Disease Virus Virus

  • Anaplasma sp. Parasite

  • Arachnida propionica Bacteria

  • Arboviruses Virus BSL 2/3/4

  • Ascaris sp. Parasite

  • Avian Erthyroblastosis Virus Virus

  • Avian Leucosis Virus Virus

  • Avian Lymphomatosis Virus Virus

  • Avian Myeloblasotosos Virus Virus

  • Bacillus alvei Bacteria

  • Bacillus anthracis Bacteria Tier 1

  • Bacteroides sp. Bacteria

  • Blastomyces dermatitides Bacteria

  • Bordetella pertussis Bacteria

  • Bordetella sp. Bacteria

  • Borrelia sp. Bacteria

  • Bovine Encephalomyelitis Virus Virus

  • Bovine Leukemia Virus Virus

  • Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus Virus

  • Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) Virus

  • Burkholderia (formerly Pseudomonas) mallei & pseudomallei Bacteria BSL 2/3 Tier 1

  • Cache Valley Virus Virus

  • Camplobacter sp. Bacteria

  • Campylobacter fetus var. jejuni Bacteria

  • Candida albicans Bacteria

  • Canine Distemper Virus Virus

  • Canine Hepatitis Virus Virus

  • Caprine Arthritis Virus

  • Chlamydia pneumoniae Bacteria BSL 2/3

  • Chlamydia psittaci Bacteria

  • Clostridium botulinum Bacteria BSL 2/3 Tier 1

  • Clostridium tetani Bacteria

  • Coccidia sp. Parasite

  • Coccidioides immitis Bacteria BSL 2/3 Tier 1

  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae Bacteria

  • Corynebacterium equi Bacteria

  • Corynebacterium haemolyticum Bacteria

  • Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Bacteria

  • Corynebacterium pysogenes Bacteria

  • Corynebacterium renale Bacteria

  • Coxiella burnetii Rickettsia BSL 2/3 Tier 1

  • Coxsackie A & B Viruses Virus

  • Cryptococcus neoformans Bacteria

  • Cryptosporidia sp. Parasite

  • Cytomegaloviruses Virus

  • Dengue Virus Virus

  • Echinococcus Granulosus Parasite

  • Echovirus Virus

  • Ehrlichia sp. Parasite

  • Encephalomyelitis Virus Virus Tier 1

  • Encephalomyocarditis Virus Virus

  • Entamoeba sp. Parasite

  • Enterobacteriaceae all other Bacteria

  • Enterobius sp. Parasite

  • Epidemic Diarrhea Infant Mice Virus

  • Epidermophyton – pathogenic sp. Bacteria

  • Epstein-Barr Virus Virus

  • Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Bacteria

  • Escherichia coli Bacteria

  • Fasciola sp. Parasite

  • Feline Leukemia Virus Virus

  • Feline Sarcoma Virus Virus

  • Flanders Virus Virus

  • Francisella tularensis Bacteria BSL 2/3 Tier 1

  • Fusobacterium sp. Bacteria

  • Giardia sp. Parasite

  • Gibbon Ape Lymphosarcoma Virus

  • Haemobartonella sp. Parasite

  • Haemophilus sp. Bacteria

  • Hart Park Virus Virus

  • Hepatitis A Virus; Hepatitis E Virus Virus

  • Hepatitis B Virus; Hepatitis C Virus; Hepatitis D Virus Virus

  • Herpesvirus – other Virus

  • Herpesvirus ateles Virus

  • Herpesvirus saimir Virus

  • Histoplasma capsulatum Bacteria BSL 2/3

  • Hog Cholera Virus Virus

  • Human Herpesviruses Virus

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Virus BSL 2/3

  • Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus I & II Virus

  • Hymenolepsis nana Parasite

  • Infectious Bronchitis Virus Virus

  • Influenza Virus Virus

  • K (Rate) Virus Virus

  • Klebsiella sp. Bacteria

  • Lactic Dehydrogenase Elevating Virus

  • Langat Virus Virus

  • Laryngotracheitis Virus Virus

  • Legionella pneumophilia Bacteria BSL 2/3

  • Leishmania sp. Parasite

  • Leptospira interrogans all servars Bacteria

  • Leukocytozoon sp. Parasite

  • Listeria sp. Bacteria

  • Low Risk Oncogenic Viruses Virus

  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Virus BSL 2/3

  • Measles Virus Virus

  • Memingopneumonitis Virus Virus

  • Microsporum – pathogenic sp. Bacteria

  • Miscellaneous Molds Bacteria

  • Moraxella sp. Bacteria

  • Mouse Encephalomyelitis Virus Virus

  • Mouse Hepatitis Virus Virus

  • Mouse Leukemia Virus Virus

  • Mouse Pneumonia Virus Virus

  • Mumps Virus Virus

  • Mycobacterium avium Bacteria

  • Mycobacterium leprae Bacteria

  • Mycobacterium sp. Bacteria

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteria BSL 2/3

  • Mycoplasma sp. Bacteria

  • Myxomatosis Virus Virus

  • Naegleria sp. Parasite

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae Bacteria BSL 2/3

  • Neisseria gonorrhoreae Bacteria BSL 2/3

  • Neisseria menegitidis Bacteria BSL 2/3

  • Newcastle Disease Virus Virus

  • Newcastle Disease Virus (VVND) Virus

  • Nocardia sp. Bacteria

  • Non-Defective Adenovirus 2SV40 HYB Virus

  • Papilloma Virus Shope Virus

  • Paracoccidioides brasilienisis Bacteria

  • Parainfluenza Virus Virus

  • Pasteurella sp. Bacteria

  • Plasmodium sp. Parasite

  • Poliovirus – all types Virus

  • Polyoma Virus Virus

  • Poxvirus sp. (not Smallpox) Virus

  • Pseudomonas testoserone Bacteria

  • Pseudorabies Virus

  • Rabies Virus BSL 2/3

  • Reovirus sp. Virus

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Virus

  • Rhinovirus sp. Virus

  • Rickettsia akari Rickettsia BSL 2/3

  • Rickettsia australis Rickettsia BSL 2/3

  • Rickettsia canada Rickettsia BSL 2/3

  • Rickettsia conorii Rickettsia BSL 2/3

  • Rickettsia prowazekii Rickettsia BSL 2/3 Tier 1

  • Rickettsia rickettsii Rickettsia BSL 2/3 Tier 1

  • Rickettsia siberica Rickettsia BSL 2/3

  • Rickettsia tsutsugamushi Rickettsia BSL 2/3

  • Rickettsia typhi (R. mooseri) Rickettsia BSL 2/3

  • Rochalimaea quintana Rickettsia

  • Rochalimaea vinsonii Rickettsia

  • Rotococcus (Coryne.) equi Bacteria

  • Rous Sarcoma Virus Virus

  • Rubella Virus Virus

  • Salmonella sp. Bacteria

  • Salmonella typhi Bacteria BSL 2/3

  • Sarcocystis sp. Parasite

  • Schistosoma sp. Parasite

  • Shigella sp. Bacteria

  • Simian Immunodeficiency Virus BSL 2/3

  • Simian T-Cell Leukemia Virus Virus

  • Simian Virus – other Virus

  • Sindbis Virus Virus

  • Slow Viruses Virus

  • Sporothrix schenckii Bacteria

  • Spotted Fever Group – other Rickettsia BSL 2/3

  • Staphylococcus sp. Bacteria

  • Streptocacillus moniliformis Bacteria

  • Streptococcus sp. Bacteria

  • Streptomyces somaliensis Bacteria

  • Strongyloides sp. Parasite

  • Taenia solium Parasite

  • Tensaw Virus Virus

  • Toxocara canis Parasite

  • Toxoplasma sp. Parasite

  • Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Creutzfeldt-Jakob; kuru; and related agents Virus

  • Treponema pallidum Bacteria

  • Trichinella spiralis Parasite

  • Trichophyton – pathogenic sp. Bacteria

  • Trypanosoma sp. Parasite

  • Turlock Virus Virus

  • Vaccinia Virus Virus

  • Vesicular Stomatitis Virus – lab adapted Virus

  • Vibrio sp. Bacteria

  • Yaba Virus Virus

  • Yellow Fever Virus 17D Strain Virus Tier 1

  • Yersinia pestis Bacteria BSL 2/3 Tier 1

    • Builds on Biohazard Level 1

    • BSL-2 builds upon the containment requirements of BSL-1 and is the highest level of biological safety.

    Laboratory Practices

    • Change clothing before entering.
    • Shower upon exiting.
    • Decontaminate all materials before exiting.

    Safety Equipment

    • All work with the microbe must be performed within an appropriate Class III BSC , or by wearing a full body, air-supplied, positive pressure A suit.

    Facility Construction

    • The laboratory is in a separate building or in an isolated and restricted zone of the building.
    • The laboratory has dedicated supply and exhaust air, as well as vacuum lines and decontamination systems
    See What BSL-2 Looks Like

    Biosafety Level 2 Laboratory

    Q

    Book and Video Picks

    These videos/books are some that have a lot of educational information about serious viral epidemics.

    Facing Darkness

    Samaritan's Purse

    This is a dramtic documentary how Samaritan's Purse was called on by Medicine without Frontiers, the only other organization in the world to come alongside and fight Ebola in the Liberia.

    Dengue. The Hunt for a Vaccine

    Journeyman Pictures

    This documentary will show what the rest of the world deals with in this painful disease.

    Surviving Ebola

    NOVA

    This is a good general PBS documentary of Ebola.

    The Hot Zone

    Book & TV Series

    The National Geographic made-for-TV series came from the book by Richard Preston. This documents the case of Ebola Reston, which erupted in Reston, Virgina. The TV series takes some artistic liberties, and the book is much more detailed. It is worth experiencing both, however.