Table 1 Summary of risk group designation for Rickettsia spp. and Orientia spp. based on the ABSA international database [20]
Pathogen | USA BMBL 6th edition [35] (2020) | Australia/ New Zealand AS/NZS 2243.3.2010 (2010) [38] | Belgium (2008) [58] | Canada (2023) [36] | European Union Directive 2000/54/EC (2020) [59] | Singapore (2023) [60] | Switzerland (2013) [40] | United Kingdom ACDP [37] (2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
O. tsutsugamushi | 3 | Not stated | 3 | 3 | 3 | Not stated | 3 | 3 |
R. aeschlimannii | Â | 3 | 3 | 2 | Â | FSPII | 3 | Â |
R. africae | Â | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | FSPII | 3 | Â |
R. akari | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | FSPII | 3 | 3 |
R. australis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | FSPII | 3 | Â |
R. bellii | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Â | FSPII | 3 | Â |
R. canadensis | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | FSPII | 3 | 3 |
R. conorii | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | FSPII | 3 | 3 |
R. felis | Â | Â | Â | 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
R. heilongjiangensis | Â | Â | 3 | 2 | 3 | FSPII | Â | Â |
R. helvetica | Â | 3 | 3 | 2 | Â | FSPII | 3 | Â |
R. honei | Â | 3 | 3 | 2 | Â | FSPII | 3 | Â |
R. japonica | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | FSPII | 3 | Â |
R. massiliae | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Â | FSPII | 3 | Â |
R. montanensis | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | FSPII | 3 | 3 |
R. parkeri | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | FSPII | 3 | 3 |
R. prowazekii | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | FSPII | 3 | 3 |
R. rhipicephali | 2 | 3 | Â | 3 | Â | FSPII | 3 | Â |
R. rickettsii | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | FSPII | 3 | 3 |
R. siberica | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | FSPII | 3 | 3 |
R. slovaca | Â | Â | 3 | 2 | Â | FSPII | 3 | Â |
R. typhi | 3 | 3 | 3 | Â | 3 | FSPII | 3 | 3 |