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. 2012 Dec 19;4(12):3932–3951. doi: 10.3390/v4123932

Table 1.

Laboratories with Active biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) Research Programs.

Location (alphabetical by country) Laboratory Name(s)
Geelong, Victoria, Australia Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization
Minsk, Belarus Republican Research and Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada National Microbiology Laboratory, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health
Lyon, France Jean Mérieux BSL-4 Laboratory, French National Institute for Health and Medical Research
Gabon, Africa International Center for Medical Research, Franceville
Marburg, Germany Philipps University of Marburg
Hamburg, Germany Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Bhopal, India High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL)
Pune, India National Institute of Virology
Moscow, Russia Center for Virology, Sergiyev Posad
Koltsovo, Russia Russia’s National Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology in Koltsovo (VECTOR)
Johannesburg, South Africa Special Pathogens Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Solna, Sweden Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control
Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom (UK) Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
Colindale, UK Health Protection Agency's Centre for Infections
London, UK National Institute for Medical Research
Potters Bar, UK National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
Atlanta, Georgia, USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America (USA) United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID); NIAID — Integrated Research Facility (NIAID IRF); National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC)
Galveston, Texas, USA University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) Shope Laboratory and Galveston National Laboratory (GNL)
Hamilton, Montana, USA NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML)
San Antonio, Texas, USA Texas BioMedical Research Institute (Texas BioMed)