List of BSL-4 Facilities
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According to the United State Government Accountability Office (GAO) report published on October 4, 2007, a total of 1356 CDC/USDA registered BSL-3 facilities were identified throughout the United States (GAO-08-108T ). This represents a very conservative estimate of the number of facilities in the US in 2007. Approximately 36% of these laboratories are located in academia. Only 15 BSL-4 facilities were identified at the time, including 9 at federal labs.
| Name | Location | Level | Established | Discontinued | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virology Laboratory of the Queensland Department of Health | Australia, Queensland, Coopers Plains | 4 | |||
| University of Queensland - Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre (SASVRC) Royal Women's Hospital Brisbane P3 (BL3) | Australia, Queensland, Herston | 3+4 | |||
| Australian Animal Health Laboratory | Australia, Victoria, Geelong | 4 | |||
| National High Security Laboratory | Australia, Victoria, North Melbourne | 4 | National High Security Laboratory Operates under the auspice of the Victoria Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory. | ||
| Republican Research and Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology | Belarus, Minsk | 4 | Department of Molecular Epidemiology & Innovational Biotechnologies | ||
| National Microbiology Laboratory | Canada, Manitoba, Winnipeg | 4 | Located at the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, it is jointly operated by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. | ||
| Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | China, Hubei, Wuhan | 3 - 4 | 2010 (P4) | Wuhan Institute of Virology already hosts a BSL-3 laboratory. A distinct BSL-4 facility is currently being built based on P4 standards, the original technology for confinement developed by France. It will be the first at level 4 in China, under the direction of Shi Zhengli. | |
| Biological Defense Center | Czech Republic, Pardubice, Těchonín | 4 | Located at the Centrum biologické ochrany (Biological Defense Center) | ||
| Laboratoire P4 Jean Mérieux | France, Rhône-Alpes, Lyon | 4 | 1999-03-05 | Jean Mérieux laboratory is a co-operation between the Pasteur Institute and INSERM. Note that in France, it is P4 for Pathogen or Protection level 4. | |
| Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville | Gabon | 4 | This facility is operated by a research organization supported by both Gabonese (mainly) and French governments, and is West Africa's only P4 lab (BSL-4). | ||
| Robert Koch Institute | Germany, Berlin | 4 | The facility was licenced for construction by City of Berlin on November 30, 2008. | ||
| Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine | Germany, Hamburg | 4 | |||
| Friedrich Loeffler Institute on the Isle of Riems | Germany, Isle of Riems (Greifswald) | 4 | 2010 | Deals especially with virology | |
| Philipps University of Marburg | Germany, Marburg | 4 | 2008 | The facility is licenced to work with genetically modified organisms | |
| High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) | India, Bhopal | 4 | 1998 | This facility deals especially to zoonotic organisms and emerging infectious disease threats. | |
| Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology | India, Hyderabad | 4 | 2009 | National Bio-Safety Level-4 Containment Facility for Human Infectious Diseases & Clinical Research Facility in Regenerative Medicine | |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences | India, New Delhi | 1-4 | 1993 | Conducts studies on major pathogenic organisms. Has contributed in discovering new strains & vaccines. | |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale Luigi Sacco | Italy, Lombardy, Milan | 4 | A university hospital in Polo Universitario; it contains two special vehicles for transporting infectious persons. | ||
| Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive | Italy, Rome, Rome | 4 | This facility, (trans.) National Institute of Infectious Diseases, operates within the Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital. | ||
| National Institute for Infectious Diseases | Japan, Kantō, Tokyo | 3 (4) | Located at National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Department of Virology I; this lab has the potential of operating as a BSL-4, however it is limited to perform work on only BSL-3 agents due to opposition from local residents and communities. | ||
| Institute of Physical and Chemical Research | Japan, Kantō, Tsukuba | (4) | This is a non-operating BSL-4 facility. | ||
| Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) | Netherlands, Bilthoven | 3 - 4 | 2009 | ||
| Cantacuzino Microbiological Research Institute (INCDMI) | Romania, Bucharest | 4 | |||
| "Dr. Carol Davila" Central Military Hospital | Romania, Bucharest | 3 - 4 | |||
| State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR | Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast, Koltsovo | 1 - 4 | It is one of two facilities in the world that officially hold smallpox. The other Russian BSL-4 facilities have been dismantled. | ||
| National Institute for Communicable Diseases | South Africa, Johannesburg | 4 | National Institute for Communicable Diseases of Special Pathogens Unit is one of only two BSL-4 facilities in Africa but the only suit laboratory on the continent. | ||
| Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control | Sweden, Solna | 4 | Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control is Scandinavia's P4 facility. | ||
| Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis (IVI) | Switzerland, Mittelhäusern | 4 | 2007-02-01 | This facility only deals with animal diseases which do not transmit to humans, and is the only P4 facility where complete isolation suits are not used. | |
| High Containment Laboratory DDPS (SiLab) | Switzerland, Spiez | 4 | Under construction, it will start operations in 2010. This laboratory will comply with BSL-4 standards. | ||
| Kwen-yang Laboratory (昆陽實驗室) Center of Disease Control | Taiwan | 4 | Part of the Department of Health, Taiwan. | ||
| Preventive Medical Institute of ROC Ministry of National Defense | Taiwan | 4 | |||
| Health Protection Agency's Centre for Infections | United Kingdom, Colindale | 4 | Located in the Viral Zoonosis unit. | ||
| National Institute for Medical Research | United Kingdom, London | 4 | |||
| Institute for Animal Health | United Kingdom, Pirbright | 4 | |||
| Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | United Kingdom, Porton Down | 4 | |||
| Health Protection Agency | United Kingdom, Porton Down | 4 | Special Pathogens Reference Unit. | ||
| Health Protection Agency | United Kingdom, Porton Down | 4 | Botulism. | ||
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | United States, Georgia, Atlanta | 4 | Currently operates in two buildings. One of two facilities in the world that officially hold smallpox. | ||
| Georgia State University | United States, Georgia, Atlanta | 4 | Is an older design "glovebox" facility. | ||
| National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), Kansas State University | United States, Kansas, Manhattan | 4 | Facility to be operated by the Department of Homeland Security, and replace the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. Planned to be operational by 2014. | ||
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | United States, Maryland, Bethesda | 4 | Located on the NIH Campus, it currently only operates with BSL-3 agents. | ||
| Integrated Research Facility | United States, Maryland, Fort Detrick | 4 | Under construction. This facility will be operated by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), it is planned to begin operating at 2009 at the earliest. | ||
| National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) | United States, Maryland, Fort Detrick | 4 | Under construction, it will be operated for the Department of Homeland Security. | ||
| US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) | United States, Maryland, Fort Detrick | 4 | Old building | ||
| US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) | United States, Maryland, Fort Detrick | 4 | New building, currently under design construction | ||
| National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL), Boston University | United States, Massachusetts, Boston | 4 | Under construction by Boston University, building and staff training complete, waiting for regulatory approval. | ||
| NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories | United States, Montana, Hamilton | 4 | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | ||
| Kent State University, Kent Campus | United States, Ohio, Kent | 3-4 | Operates as a clean lab at level 3 for training purposes. Scheduled for conversion to a hot level 4 lab in response to a bioterrorism event in the USA. | ||
| Galveston National Laboratory, National Biocontainment Facility | United States, Texas, Galveston | 4 | Opened in 2008, facility is operated by the University of Texas Medical Branch. | ||
| Shope Laboratory | United States, Texas, Galveston | 4 | Operated by the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). | ||
| Texas Biomedical Research Institute | United States, Texas, San Antonio | 3+4 | The only privately owned BSL-4 lab in the US. | ||
| Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services | United States, Virginia, Richmond | 4 | This facility is part of the Department of General Services of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is so called "surge" BSL-4 capacity. |
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