Agents in the third highest priority, Category C, include emerging pathogens that could be engineered for mass dissemination at some future date because of:
Examples of Category C agents are shown in Table 3.
Table 3. Examples of Category C agents.| Category C Agents |
| Nipah virus |
| Hantaviruses |
| Tick borne hemorrhagic fever viruses |
| Tick borne encephalitis viruses |
| Yellow fever |
| Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis |
