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Appendix 1

Indicative list of infectious substances included in Category A in any form unless otherwise indicated
UN Number and name Micro-organism
UN No. 2814 Infectious substances affecting humans Bacillus anthracis (cultures only)
Brucella abortus (cultures only)
Brucella melitensis (cultures only)
Brucella suis (cultures only)
Burkholderia mallei - Pseudomonas mallei – Glanders (cultures only)
Burkholderia pseudomallei – 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) **see note
Ebola virus
Flexal virus
Francisella tularensis (cultures only)
Guanarito virus
Hantaan virus
Hantaviruses causing haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Hendra virus
Hepatitis B virus (cultures only)
Herpes B virus (cultures only)
Human immunodeficiency virus (cultures only)
Highly pathogenic avian influenza 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) **see note
Nipah virus
Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus
Poliovirus (cultures only)
Rabies virus (cultures only)
Rickettsia prowazekii (cultures only)
Rickettsia rickettsii (cultures only)
Rift Valley fever virus (cultures only)
Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus (cultures only)
Sabia virus
Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (cultures only) **see note
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (cultures only)
Variola virus
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (cultures only)
West Nile virus (cultures only)
Yellow fever virus (cultures only)
Yersinia pestis (cultures only)
UN No. 2900 Infectious substances affecting animals only African swine fever virus (cultures only)
Avian paramyxovirus Type 1 – velogenic Newcastle disease virus (cultures only)
Bluetongue virus *see note
Classical swine fever virus (cultures only)
Foot and mouth disease virus (cultures only)
Lumpy skin disease virus (cultures only)
Mycoplasma mycoides - Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cultures only)
Peste des petits ruminants virus (cultures only)
Rinderpest virus (cultures only)
Sheep-pox virus (cultures only)
Goatpox virus (cultures only)
Swine vesicular disease virus (cultures only)
Vesicular stomatitis virus (cultures only)

Notes
The above table should be regarded as an indicative list of infectious substances that meet the criteria for Category A infectious substances and should not be regarded as exhaustive. Other infectious substances, including new or emerging pathogens, which do not appear in the table but which meet the same criteria must be assigned to Category A and if there is doubt as to whether or not a substance meets the criteria it is also to be included in Category A. The definition of a Category A infectious substance is one which is carried in a form that, when exposure to it occurs, is capable of causing permanent disability, life-threatening or fatal disease to humans or animals.

*Bluetongue virus is on the indicative list in ADR but not IATA. However, since all shipments involve road transport it should always be classified and transported as a category A infectious substance.

**Cultures of:

  • Escherichia coli, verotoxigenic
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • and Shigella dysenteriae type 1
that are transported by road and intended for diagnostic or clinical purposes only may be classified as infectious substances of Category B