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 == Additional Info ==
-The infectious diseases that fall under this category are anthrax, brucellosis, bubonic plague, cat-scratch disease, erysipeloid, glanders, leptospirosis, melioidosis, pasteurellosis, pneumonic plague, rat-bite fever, salmonellosis, septicemic plague, sodoku, tularemia and vietnamese tuberculosis.
+*The infectious diseases that fall under this category are (listed with their causative organisms):
+**Plague (bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, septicemic plague):  ''Yersinia pestis''
+**Anthrax:  ''Bacillus anthracis''
+**Brucellosis:  any of species ''Brucella'' -- includes B. abortus, B. canis, B. melitensis, and B. suis.
+**Tularemia:  ''Francisella tularensis''
+**Glanders:  ''Burkholderia mallei''
+**Leptospirosis:  any of species ''Leptospira''
+**Melioidosis (of which so-called "Vietnamese tuberculosis" is one form):  ''Burkholderia pseudomallei''
+**Cat scratch disease/fever:  ''Bartonella henselae''
+**Erysipeloid:  ''Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae''
+**Pasteurellosis:  any species of ''Pasturella''
+**Rat bite fever (of which Sodoku is one form):  ''Spirillum minus'' or ''Streptobacillus moniliformi''.
 {{discussion}} will we require coding [[:Category:Pathogens]] for this? Most would be [[Bacteria, NOS]], but we have some specific like [[Salmonella species]]. For which do we have specific pathogens? Ttenbergen 10:47, 2017 December 21 (CST)