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Review
. 2009 Aug;15(8):720-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02946.x.

The European network of Biosafety-Level-4 laboratories: enhancing European preparedness for new health threats

C Nisii  1 , C Castilletti, A Di Caro, M R Capobianchi, D Brown, G Lloyd, S Gunther, A Lundkvist, M Pletschette, G Ippolito; Euronet-P4 Group
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The European network of Biosafety-Level-4 laboratories: enhancing European preparedness for new health threats

C Nisii et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

Emerging and re-emerging infections and possible bioterrorism acts will continue to challenge both the medical community and civilian populations worldwide, urging health authorities to respond rapidly and effectively. Established in 2005, the European Community (EC)-funded European Network of Biosafety-Level-4 laboratories (Euronet-P4), which brings together the laboratories in Porton Down, London, Hamburg, Marburg, Solna, Lyon and Rome, seeks to increase international collaboration in the areas of high containment laboratory biosafety and viral diagnostic capability, to strengthen Europe's capacity to respond to an infectious disease emergency, and to offer assistance to countries not equipped with such costly facilities. Network partners have agreed on a common strategy to fill the gaps identified in the field of risk group-4 agents' laboratory diagnosis, namely the lack of standardization and of reference samples. The network has received a further 3-year funding, to offer assistance to external laboratories, and to start the planning of field activities.

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Working with a class-III biosafety cabinet.
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