Last updated on 15/7/2009
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Bernhard Nocht Institute (BNI) for tropical medicine, BSL-4, Hamburg, Germany
http://www15.bni-hamburg.de/bni/bni2/neu2/getfile.acgi?area_engl=news&pid=6104
BNI is Germany’s National Reference Centre for Tropical Infections. The institute offers a unique interdisciplinary surrounding with work on tropical viruses, vector-transmitted diseases, immunology, cell biology and pathophysiology. |
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), BSL-4, Geelong, Australia.
http://www.csiro.au/csiro/content/standard/pps84,,.html
CSIRO provides diagnostic services, enhanced surveillance and the capability to respond to the risks and needs posed by emerging and exotic animal diseases. CSIRO’s Diagnosis, Surveillance and Response Group plays a national role in animal disease diagnosis, prevention and outbreak preparedness.
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National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), National Institute for Virology (NIV), Special Pathogens Unit (SPU), BSL-4, Grahamstown, South Africa.
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2002/september/nicd.htm
The unit is recognized as a World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers and Arboviruses. |
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National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Department of Virology I, BSL 4, Tokyo, Japan.
http://www.nih.go.jp/niid/welcome/org-index-e.html
The Department of Virology I is engaged in research, the quality control of vaccines, and reference activities related to hemorrhagic fever viruses, arboviruses, neuroviruses, herpes viruses, Rickettsia and Chlamydia. The weblink does not give a description of the facility but gives some information as to what kind of viruses is treated. |
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The National Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, BSL-4, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
http://www.nml.ca/english/facilities_capabilities.htm
The Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health (CSCHAH) in Winnipeg consists of the National Microbiology Laboratories (NML) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Laboratories. The Centre represents an international resource as the first facility in the world with both animal and human BSL 4 laboratories. |
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