Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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Afghanistan | BSL-2, no known BSAT | CPHL | Unknown | PCR, ELISA, microbiology | |
Armenia | BSL-2?, no known BSAT | MDC (Govt/Military?, Academic) | INTAS (India 2006), ISTC (2014) CRDF (2011) | Operational | General and applied research, maintains strain collection |
Bangladesh | (2) BSL-2, Modular Work with Nipah for US CDC; works with B. anthracis human outbreaks | One locally built) (Min Health) IEDCR (one modular from TechComp—China |
US CDC | Locally built is operational Modular likely in use but BAS-HVAC malfunctions |
Microbiology, serology, ELISA |
BSL-2 No known BSAT |
icddr,b (nonprofit, Health) | Gates Foundation, DFID (UK), DFATD (CA), Sida (SWE), USAID, others | BSL-2 operational, BSL-3 decommissioned 2016; new BSL-3 in construction | Microbiology, serology, ELISA; PCR, sequencing (Nipah, CCHF) TB, influenza, NIPAH for US CDC, V. cholera | |
BSL-2 | BLRI, Min Ag | OIE | Operational | ELISA, PCR, DNA sequencing, vaccine |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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possible BSAT | (veterinary reference lab) | development, basic research | |||
BSL-2 Isolates BSAT- B. abortus, Brucella ssp |
CDIL Min Ag (veterinary reference lab) | USAID, OIE | Operational | PCR, serology, histopathology ELISA, HPAI preparedness | |
Burkina Faso | BSL-3 Container Lab | Centre Muraz | Several sources | Operational | Arbovirus (yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, zika) and VHF (RVF, CCHF) research and diagnostics; serology/PCR; limited sequencing capacity |
Cambodia | BSL-3 Work with BSAT, XDR TB, emerging influenza |
IP, C Min Health | Funds: INSERM, ANRS, IRD, Fondation Mérieux and Institut Pasteur WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Center |
Operational | Research and diagnostics: virology, bacteriology, FACS, gene sequencer, multiplex assays |
BSL-2 BSAT unknown |
NaVRI | OIE | Operational | Diagnostics, HPAI, unknown capability |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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Veterinary Reference Lab | |||||
Cameroon | BSL-3 No known BSAT |
PC, C Min Health, | Institut Pasteur (?), WHO National Reference Center for Avian Flu | Operational | Diagnostics, epidemiology, research on local disease |
Congo (Dem. Rep) | BSL-3 BSAT include Ebola, Marburg |
INRB Min Health, (WHO Natl Ref Lab for measles and other disease) | Presidents Malaria Initiative (USA) 2016 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 2017 |
Operational | Human diagnostics, ELISA, research |
Cote d’Ivoire | BSL-3 BSAT (Lassa Fever Virus) |
IP, Cd’I Commercial | Unknown | Operational | Regional AI reference lab, human diagnostic tests |
Djibouti | BSL-3 No known BSAT |
Natl TB Lab Min Health, | AFD (Agence Française de Développement) 2010 | Operational | Located at Hôpital Paul Faure—human TB diagnosis |
Egypt | BSL? 2 BSAT |
MIRCEN Cairo, Academic | UNESCO; Ain Shams University | Operational | Collecting, identifying and preserving microbial strains located at Ain |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BSL-3 No known BSAT |
U.S. Navy Medical Research Unit-3; Govt/MIL | Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, 2006 | Operational (no longer operational?) | Shams University. Surveillance sample testing mainly on RT-PCR methodology | |
Ethiopia | BSL-3 Possesses agricultural BSAT |
National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center; Min Health | ? | Operational | National reference laboratory, coordinates national surveillance programs for transborder animal diseases |
BSL-3 (mobile?) Crossover and animal BSAT | Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre of the African Union; Academic | ? | Operational | Produce and distribute animal vaccines | |
BSL-3 No BSAT |
Armauer Hansen Research Institute; Min Health | Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (current); Norwegian Agency for Development | Operational | Biomedical research, basic (immunology and molecular biology), epidemiological, and translational research |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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Cooperation (current); Ethiopian Government (current) | |||||
BSL-3 No BSAT |
Ethiopian Public Health Institute; Min Health | World Bank, 2015 ($49M) | Operational | Many US, NGO, and other country collaborations | |
BSL-3 No BSAT |
TB Reference Laboratory | PEPFAR, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, USAID Tuberculosis Control Assistance Program (?) | Operational | At St. Peter’s Hospital-advanced diagnostics for TB and MTB | |
Georgia | BSL-3 BSAT-ASF virus and CCHF virus 8 BSL-3—no info |
Central Public Health Reference Laboratory; Min Health, Min Ag | USG—$100M in 2011 | Operational | Human and animal disease surveillance and research |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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Ghana | BSL-3 BSAT- Nipah virus |
Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Academic | Unknown | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection, research on tropical diseases |
BSL-3 No BSAT |
Department of Virology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Academic | 25+ funding sources listed with no date or confirming info | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection, antiviral research, molecular epidemiology of polioviruses, enteroviruses, HIV, and others | |
3 other BSL-3, 2 with BSAT, B. anthracis | Located in Accra, Takoradi, and Tamale | Global Affairs Canada GPP program | Operational | Government veterinary services labs, human and animal disease surveillance (B. anthracis and avian influenza) |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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Guatemala | BSL-3 1 BSAT- B. abortus |
National Health Laboratory; Min Health | ? | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection |
Guinea | BSL-3 2BSAT- EBOV, Lassa |
Virology Lab, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases; Academic | Howard Hughes Medical Institute, (?); European Union (?) | Operational | At Donka Hospital; viral hemorrhagic fever research, many outside collaborators listed (no date) |
BSL-3 | Institute of Microbiology, University of Conakry; Academic | Several EU and corporate funders listed (no date/$) | Operational | Best-equipped lab for VHF and YF diagnostics in this part of West Africa | |
Haiti | BSL-3 3 BSAT: Y. pestis, C. botulinum, B. anthracis |
Tuberculosis Laboratory, University of Florida Public Health Research Center; Haiti; Academic | Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (US); NIH (US) | Operational | TB, cholera, and viral disease epidemiology and diagnostics |
BSL-3 No BSAT |
GHESKIO; Min Health | 4 funders listed (no data), includes | Operational | HIV, STD, and TB diagnostics, treatment, and research |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(2 campuses with another? BSL-3 complete 2010) | USAID and UNITAID | ||||
BSL-3 No BSAT |
National Public Health Laboratory; Min Health | Numerous engagers; Funders: US CDC Foundation; GE Foundation (US); Kaiser Permanente; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Operational | Virology, bacteriology, immunology, epidemiology, has US CDC onsite | |
India | 44 BSL-3 collected—Many with BSAT | Mix of private vaccine/drug manufacturers, MIL, academic, hospital labs, human and animal | In general, no data on funders | Operational | Virology, bacteriology, diagnostics, vaccine production, epidemiology, etc. |
BSL-4 | National Institute of Virology; Pune (Min Health, possible MIL) | WHO Arbovirus Collaborating Center | Operational | ‘Biodefense lab’, virus epidemiology (Influenza, Nipah, CCHF, KFD, SARS, etc. | |
Indonesia | 22 listed as BSL-3 (3 seen—confirm) | MIL, academic, hospital labs, Min Health, Min Ag | Funded by Indonesia Govt; Vet labs have received significant | 22 operational 10 unknown |
Diagnose human and animal virus, bacteria, parasite infection (rabies |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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7 w/ BSAT, another 10 unknown, 8 RVDLs not listed (BSL-2); 2 RVDL have BSL-3 donated by Japan | contributions of equipment, reagents, PPE and i.e. BSC certification—repair from OIE, FAO, JICA for HPAI and some USAID training | 8 vet labs operational at BSL-2; 2 Japanese donated BSL-3 container labs at RVDL are not functional (no funding for power; airflow not working) | is a big problem), epidemiology, HIV research, etc. | ||
Kenya | 9 BSL-3 7 listed as possessing BSAT |
Min Health, Min Ag, MIL | Generally no discussion but mention of Wellcome Trust, U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya | 9 operational, 3 in construction or planning | Diagnosis and research on human and animal virus, bacteria, infection; collection and repository; vaccine–drug production |
Kyrgyz Republic | BSL-3 (modular-German built) No BSAT | National Reference Laboratory; Min Health | German Development Bank (2013); Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2003-2009) | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection; TB treatment, diagnostics, prevention |
Lao, PDR | BSL-3 1 BSAT- B. pseudomallei |
National Tuberculosis | Wellcome Trust, WHO | Operational | At Central Mahosot Hospital; Reference Lab/Culture Collection |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference Center; Min Health, MIL | and research on epidemiology, treatment of malaria, typhoid, typhus, and other community acquired pathogens. | ||||
BSL-2 BSAT- Unknown |
National Animal Health Center; Min Ag | Staff are affiliated with Oxford Univ & Wellcome Trust | Operational- upgrade status unknown | Diagnosis of animal disease | |
Liberia | BSL-2 BSAT – EBOV strains |
Liberian Institute for Biomedical Research; Min Health, MIL | During EBOV outbreak 2014 received staffing, reagents, equipment from US CDC, USMRIID, USAID, US NIH | Operational | National lab for diagnosis of hep B, malaria, cholera, and in 2014 ebola; limited Lassa fever PCR capacity |
Madagascar | BSL-3 2 BSAT- RVF virus and Y. Pestis |
Institut Pasteur in Madagascar, Min Health, commercial | Institut Pastuer (Paris)—2017 providing staff and RT-PCR equipment – reagents. 14 funders (most NGOs some |
Operational | national reference lab; studies malaria entomology, plague, mycobacteria, experimental bacteriology, immunology |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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commercial) listed with no $ or year WHO Collaborating Center for Plague; WHO Reference Laboratory for Polio, Measles and Influenza |
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Malawi | BSL-3 No BSAT |
Tuberculosis Central Reference Laboratory, USAID?, MIL/Govt | USAID | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection, TB, MDR-TB epidemiology and diagnosis |
Mali | BSL-3 No BSAT |
FMPOS; Min Health | NIAID, 2002 and 2010 (infrastructure for BSL-3) | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection |
Moldova | BSL-3 No BSAT |
National Center for Public Health, Min Health | ??? | Operational | Develops legislative, regulatory public health, health promotion, and noncommunicable disease surveillance |
Morocco | 6 BSL-3 listed with BSAT (RVFV, | Human and animal health; Min Health, Min Ag | Institut Pasteur in Morocco Casablanca | 6 operational | Collection, research, disease diagnosis, |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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AHS virus); 3 BSL-3 planned. | is established, no recent funding | veterinary vaccine production | |||
Mozambique | BSL-3 2 BSAT- B. anthracis, Newcastle virus |
Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique, Min Ag | None listed | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection |
Myanmar | BSL-3 No BSAT |
National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory; Min Health, UNITAID | UNITAID $87.6M but no date | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection; TB MDR TB diagnosis |
BSL-3 No BSAT |
No. 2 Defence Service General Hospital; Govt/MIL? | No info | Operational | Hospital/clinic with full diagnostic capability | |
BSL-3 No BSAT |
NTRL Regional Laboratory, Min Health, UNITAID, FIND | Lists several NGOs but no date/amount | Operational | TB Reference Lab/Culture Collection | |
BSL-2 BSAT unknown |
YNRL, Min Ag | BSCs donated 2008 and 2011 OIE and JICA | Operational | Animal health diagnostic lab |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BSL-2 BSAT unknown |
MVDL, Min Ag | BSCs donated 2011 OIE and JICA | Operational | Animal health diagnostic lab, bird flu, rabies, etc. | |
Nepal | BSL-2 BSAT likely |
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Min Ag | OIE donated HPAI reagents and equipment (BSC, PCR, RT PCR), PPE and lab equipment (approx. 2010). | Operational Located in Kathmandu |
Lab tests for HPAI, rabies, Newcastle, peste des petites ruminants, Infectious bursar disease, bacteria, etc. |
Nicaragua | BSL-3 No BSAT |
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Min Ag | Sources from US, EU, El Salvador but no date/amount | Operational | Analysis and diagnosis of veterinary and food products |
Nigeria | 10 BSL-3 with numerous endemic BSAT (e.g., Ebola, Lassa) | Institutes are academic, Min Ag, Lagos State Min Health, Mainland Hospital | Global Affairs Canada GPP program and numerous other engagements and possible funders | Operational, one just completed | WHO National Influenza Center, WHO reference center for arboviruses; human and animal virus epidemiology, surveillance, isolation, diagnostics, characterization, and research. Capacity to handle unknown pathogens; PCR, sequencing; reference |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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lab/culture collection (TB/HIV), biobank | |||||
BSL-2 | Min Ag, Lagos State Min Health | Global Affairs Canada GPP program | Just completed | Human and animal disease surveillance and diagnostics | |
Pakistan | 5 BSL-3, 2 with BSAT (B. anthracis); 6 BSL-3 unknown | Academic, commercial, medical, Min Ag, Min Health, MIL? | WHO Collaborative Centre for Research and Training in Viral Diagnostics; No info on funding or engagements | 5 operational 6 unknown, or in planning/construction | Research on antimicrobial resistance and emerging viral and bacterial infections; culture collection; human and animal clinical diagnosis; TB Reference Laboratory |
Philippines | 3 BSL-3, 1 w/BSAT (B. melitensis) 6 unknown | Academic, Govt/MIL, Min Health | Funding info is largely blank; Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Japan, 2011) | 3 operational 6 unknown BSL, in construction or not collected | Reference Lab/Culture Collection, human disease diagnosis. |
BSL-2 | Philippines Animal Health Center, Min Ag | UNDP/FAO equipment provided 2007-2009 | Operational | Veterinary Reference Lab Quezon City | |
Senegal | BSL-3 BSAT Unknown |
Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Min Health | WHO Collaborating Centre for | Operational (2016) | Diagnosis, treatment, and vaccination of |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
arboviruses and VHFs; WHO National Lab for flu, measles and polio. Funding from French Govt and EU ERDF program; Unknown funding from Pasteur Inst, WHO | arboviruses, VHF, and enteroviruses; Reference Lab/Culture Collection | ||||
Sierra Leone | BSL-3 2 BSAT (EBOV spp, Lassa) |
Kenema Government Hospital, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory | Significant collaboration with US CDC, USAMRIID, universitites and companies; UK foundations. Recent funding unknown | Operational | Diagnosis and treatment of Lassa fever and other diseases |
BSL-3 No BSAT |
Central Public Health Reference Laboratory | Amount/year of funding unknown | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection for HIV and other | |
BSL-3 BSAT unknown |
Chinese Mobile Container BSL-3 Lab (3 containers) | ??? | Operational | VHF diagnosis |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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Sri Lanka | BSL-3 1 BSAT (Y. pestis) 3 other entries w/no data |
Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Min Health | None listed | Unclear website states both not operational and operating | Unknown |
Syria | BSL-3 1 BSAT (B. abortus) |
Atomic Energy Commission of Syria; Govt/MIL | Amount/year of funding unknown | Operational in Damascus | Work on Brucella bacteria |
Tajikistan | BSL-3 No BSAT |
National Public Health Reference Laboratory; Min Health | Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2013) | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection Molecular and culture testing for viral and bacterial diseases |
BSL-3 No BSAT |
National TB Reference Laboratory; Min Health | No funding described | Operational | At Machiton Hospital; Reference Lab/Culture Collection diagnostics of TB, HIV, malaria, etc. | |
Tanzania | 8 BSL-3 2 w/BSAT (RVF virus, Y. pestis, B. anthracis, Rinderpest) |
Min Health, Min Ag, Hospital, Commercial, | Amount/year of funding unknown | 7 operational 1 planned (has BSAT) | Reference Lab/Culture Collection; Surveillance of Rift Valley fever, H1N1, and dengue, diagnosis of human and animal diseases |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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Uganda | BSL-2 | Makerere University Infectious Disease Institute, Academic | Amount/year of funding unknown | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection, HIV/TB diagnosis |
BSL-3 No BSAT |
UVRI; Med Research Council | Amount/year of funding unknown; CDC | Operational | Hospital; HIV/AIDS; VHF program (serology, PCR, limited sequencing) | |
6 BSL-3 No BSAT |
Min Ag, Min Health | Some funders listed: USAID, Global Fund, UK Medical Research Council, Gates Foundation | Unknown, construction, not collected | Reference lab, hospital, culture collection | |
Ukraine | 4 BSL-3 4 w/ BSAT (B. anthracis, Y. pestis, F. tularensis, B. abortus, Guanarito virus) |
(Some part of FSU weapons program). Min Health | No funding described | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection, bacteriologic and arbovirus research, surveillance of ‘plague’ diseases |
Vietnam | BSL-3 No BSAT |
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Min Health | JICA (2008), WHO, The Global Fund | Operational | Reference Lab/Culture Collection, human disease prevention and control |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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BSL-3 and SAPO 4 Likely BSAT | Virology Reference Laboratory, Min Health | Wellcome Trust, Canada PHAC & US HHS provide staff | Operational | At Oxford University Clinical Research Unit; diagnosis/research planned on TB, influenza, rabies, FMD, TBE virus, CHIKV, bat corona viruses | |
3 others (1 BSL-3 w/ BSAT- Y. pestis) | Min Health, Academia, unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
BSL-2 BSAT unknown |
Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Min Ag | OIE | Operational | At Hanoi Agriculture University; reference and diagnostic lab for animal health | |
West Bank aka Palestine | BSL-3 No BSAT |
PCPHL; Min Health (may have MIL ties, work on Rad Protection) | Agence Francaise de Developpement (2011) | Operational | Human diagnostics of highly pathogenic organisms (i.e., TB) |
Zambia | 6 BSL-3 1 with BSAT (B. anthracis, Y. pestis, |
Institutes are academic, veterinary school, and hospital/clinic | Container labs ‘managed’ by The Zambia AIDS Related | Operational 4 of 6 are modular 40 ft container labs (ZamLab) | Surveillance and diagnosis of hemorrhagic fever viruses, TB, plague bacillus, trypanosome; |
Country | # of BSL-2/3/4a | Type of Labb | Funderc | Statusd | Capability |
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C. burnetii, Ebola Zaire) | Tuberculosis Project, affiliated with University of Zambia’s School of Medicine and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; no mention of funding | Reference Lab/Culture Collection | |||
Zimbabwe | 1 BSL-3 No known BSAT 3 possible BSL-3 (no details) |
National TB Reference Laboratory, Min Health | No funding described | Operational | National Reference Lab/Culture Collection, works with MDR/XDR TB, HIV |
a BSL indicates BSL-2 is included if there is no known BSL-3.
b Names of lab(s) and affiliation (academic, commercial, agriculture, military, hospital)
c Donor paying for lab/operations, last date of funds; specialties (WHO center TB, Polio, flu, etc.)
d Status: operational, not operational, unknown.
NOTES: Although information is available on laboratory programs in several other countries that are not listed as low-income or lower- to middle-income countries by the World Bank, such as Jordan and Trinidad and Tobago, it was decided to limit the scope of this illustrative list.
Abbreviations:
BLRI, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute
BSAT, Biological Select Agents and Toxins
CDIL, Central Disease Investigation Laboratory, Dhaka Bangladesh
CPHL, Central Public Health Laboratories
FMPOS, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Odonto-Stomatology
GHESKIO, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Reproductive Health, Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections
icddr,b, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
IEDCR, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control & Research, Bangladesh
INRB, National Institute of Biomedical Research
IP, C, Institut Pasteur in Cambodia
IP, Cd’I, Institut Pasteur in Côte d’Ivoire
MDC, Microbial Depository Center
MIRCEN, Egypt Microbial Culture Collection, Cairo Microbiological Resources Centre
MVDL, Mandalay Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
NaVRI, National Veterinary Research Institute
PC,C, Pasteur Center, Cameroon
PCPHL, Palestinian Central Public Health Laboratory
UVRI, Uganda Virus Research Institute
YNRL, Yangon National Reference Laboratory.
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