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Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus cereus
Bordetella pertussis
Borrelia burgdorferi
Brucella genus
Campylobacter genus
Chlamydia psittaci
Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium tetani
Corynebacterium diphtheriae (toxigenic strains)
Corynebacterium ulcerans
Coxiella burnetii
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
Cryptosporidium
Dengue virus
Ebola virus
Echinococcus genus
Verocytotoxin-producing E.coli (VTEC)
Francisella tularensis
Giardia lamblia
Guanarito virus
Haemophilus influenzae type b (from blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other normally sterile site)
Hantavirus
Hepatitis A virus
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis C virus
Hepatitis E virus
Influenza virus (all types, including those caused by a new sub-type)
Junín virus
Kyasanur Forest disease virus
Lassa virus
Legionella genus
Leptospira genus
Listeria monocytogenes
Machupo virus
Marburg virus
Measles virus
Mumps virus
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Neisseria meningitidis
Norovirus
Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus
Plasmodium falciparum, vivax, ovale and malariae
Polio virus
Rabies virus
Rickettsia prowazekii
Rift Valley fever virus
Rubella virus
Sabia virus
Salmonella (all human types)
SARS-associated coronavirus
Shigella genus
Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus (all blood isolates)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Streptococcus pyogenes (from blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other normally sterile site)
Streptococcus pneumoniae (from blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other normally sterile site)
Toxoplasma gondii
Trichinella genus
Varicella-zoster virus
Variola virus
Vibrio cholerae
West Nile fever virus
Yellow Fever virus
Yersinia enterocolitica
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
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