National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology

NIHE building in Hanoi houses the Pasteur Institute

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) is located in Hanoi, Vietnam.[1]

History

In 2012, the NIHE provided the H5N1 bird flu virus to researchers who transformed it and used the product to infect ferrets.[2]

On 22 March 2017, the Japan International Cooperation Agency signed an agreement with the government of Vietnam so that the Japanese could transfer BSL3 technology to, among others, the NIHE.[3]

References

  1. ^ "TRANSVERSAL PROJECT INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS". Institut Pasteur. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ^ Imai, Masaki; Watanabe, Tokiko; Hatta, Masato; Das, Subash C.; Ozawa, Makoto; Shinya, Kyoko; Zhong, Gongxun; Hanson, Anthony; Katsura, Hiroaki; Watanabe, Shinji; Li, Chengjun; Kawakami, Eiryo; Yamada, Shinya; Kiso, Maki; Suzuki, Yasuo; Maher, Eileen A.; Neumann, Gabriele; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro (2012). "Experimental adaptation of an influenza H5 HA confers respiratory droplet transmission to a reassortant H5 HA/H1N1 virus in ferrets". Nature. 486 (7403): 420–428. Bibcode:2012Natur.486..420I. doi:10.1038/nature10831. PMC 3388103. PMID 22722205.
  3. ^ "Outline of the Project". Japan International Cooperation Agency. 22 March 2017.

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