Primary Navigation for the CDC Website

• CDC Home
• About CDC
• Press Room
• A-Z Index
• Contact Us

Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC en Español

Search:  

Agents, Diseases, and Other Threats

All (A to Z) | Bioterrorism | Chemical | Mass Trauma | Natural Disasters & Severe Weather | Radiation

On this page:

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• Email this page
• Printer-friendly version

Languages

• Español (Spanish)

• A

• Abrin

• Acids (caustics)

• Adamsite (DM) New March 11

• Americium-241 (Am-241)

• Ammonia

• Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)

• Arenaviruses

• Arsenic

• Arsine (SA)

• B

• Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)

• Barium New March 16

• Benzene

• Bioterrorism agents

• Biotoxins

• Blast injuries

• Blister agents/vesicants

• Blood agents

• Botulism (Clostridium botulinum toxin)

• Brevetoxin New March 15

• Bromine (CA)

• Bromobenzylcyanide (CA)

• Brucella species (brucellosis)

• Brucellosis (Brucella species)

• Burkholderia mallei (glanders)

• Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)

• BZ New March 11

• C

• Carbon Monoxide New March 25

• Caustics (acids)

• Cesium-137 (Cs-137)

• Chemical agents

• Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis)

• Chlorine (CL)

• Chloroacetophenone (CN)

• Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS)

• Chloropicrin (PS)

• Choking/lung/pulmonary agents

• Cholera (Vibrio cholerae)

• Clostridium botulinum toxin (botulism)

• Clostridium perfringens (Epsilon toxin)

• Cobalt-60 (Co-60)

• Colchicine New March 15

• Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)

• Cyanide

• Cyanogen chloride (CK)

• D

• Dibenzoxazepine (CR)

• Digitalis New March 16

• Diphosgene (DP)

• Dirty bombs

• Distilled mustard (HD)

• E

• Earthquakes

• Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever

• E. coli O157:H7 (Escherichia coli)

• Emerging infectious diseases such as Nipah virus & hantavirus

• Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens

• Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli)

• Ethylene glycol

• Explosions

• Extreme cold

• Extreme heat

• F

• Fentanyls & other opioids New March 11

• Fire safety

• Floods

• Food safety threats (e.g., Salmonella species, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella)

• Forest fires

• Francisella tularensis (tularemia)

• G

• Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)

• H

• Hurricanes

• Hydrazine

• Hydrofluoric acid (hydrogen fluoride)

• Hydrogen chloride

• Hydrogen cyanide (AC)

• Hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid)

• I

• Incapacitating agents

• Iodine-131 (I-131)

• L

• Landslides & mudslides

• Lassa fever

• Lewisite (L, L-1, L-2, L-3)

• Long-acting anticoagulant (super warfarin)

• Lung/choking/pulmonary agents

• M

• Marburg virus hemorrhagic fever

• Mass trauma

• Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei)

• Mercury

• Metals

• Methyl Bromide New March 17

• Methyl Isocyanate New March 17

• Mudslides & landslides

• Mustard gas (H) (sulfur mustard)

• Mustard/lewisite (HL)

• Mustard/T

• N

• Natural disasters

• Nerve agents

• Nicotine New March 17

• Nitrogen mustard (HN-1, HN-2, HN-3)

• Nuclear blasts

• O

• Opioids New March 11

• Organic solvents

• Osmium tetroxide

• P

• Paraquat

• Phosgene (CG)

• Phosgene oxime (CX)

• Phosphine

• Phosphorus, elemental, white or yellow

• Plague (Yersinia pestis)

• Plutonium-239 (Pu-239)

• Potassium cyanide (KCN)

• Power outages

• Psittacosis (Chlamydia psittaci)

• Pulmonary/choking/lung agents

• Q

• Q fever (Coxiella burnetii)

• R

• Radiation exposure/radiological emergencies

• Radioisotopes (radioactive isotopes)

• Radioactive isotopes (radioisotopes)

• Ricin toxin from Ricinus communis (castor beans)

• Rickettsia prowazekii (typhus fever)

• Riot control agents/tear gas

• S

• Salmonella species (salmonellosis)

• Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever)

• Salmonellosis (Salmonella species)

• Sarin (GB)

• Saxitoxin New March 11

• Selenium NEW! Mar 28, 2008

• Sesqui mustard

• Severe Weather

• Shigella (shigellosis)

• Shigellosis (Shigella)

• Smallpox (variola major)

• Sodium azide

• Sodium cyanide (NaCN)

• Sodium Monofluoroacetate New March 17

• Soman (GD)

• Staphylococcal enterotoxin B

• Stibine

• Strontium-90 (Sr-90)

• Strychnine

• Sulfuryl Fluoride New March 17

• Sulfur mustard (H) (mustard gas)

• Super warfarin (long-acting anticoagulant)

• T

• Tabun (GA)

• Tear gas/riot control agents

• Tetrodotoxin New March 15

• Thallium

• Tornadoes

• Toxic alcohols

• Trichothecene New March 17

• Tsunamis NEW! Dec 30

• Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)

• Typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi)

• Typhus fever (Rickettsia prowazekii)

• U

• Unidentified chemical

• Uranium-235 (U-235) & uranium-238 (U-238)

• V

• Variola major (smallpox)

• Vesicants/blister agents

• Vibrio cholerae (cholera)

• Viral encephalitis (alphaviruses [e.g., Venezuelan equine encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis])

• Viral hemorrhagic fevers (filoviruses [e.g., Ebola, Marburg] & arenaviruses [e.g., Lassa, Machupo])

• Volcanoes NEW! Mar 9

• Vomiting agents

• VX

• W

• Water safety threats (e.g., Vibrio cholerae, Cryptosporidium parvum)

• White phosphorus

• Wildfires

• Winter weather

• Y

• Yersinia pestis (plague)

Navigation for the CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response Website

• Home

• Emergency Preparedness & You
• Agents, Diseases, & Other Threats
  • Bioterrorism
  • Chemical Emergencies
  • Mass Casualties
  • Natural Disasters & Severe Weather
  • Radiation Emergencies
  • Recent Outbreaks & Incidents
• What CDC Is Doing NEW! Apr 10, 2008
• Coping With a Disaster
• Lab Information
• Training & Education
• Preparation & Planning
• Surveillance
• News
• Related Links
• What's New

“Safer Healthier People”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
CDC Contact Center: 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) • 888-232-6348 (TTY) • cdcinfo@cdc.gov
Director's Emergency Operations Center (DEOC): 770-488-7100