The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) is located in

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History

In 2012, the NIHE provided the

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bird flu virus to researchers who transformed it and used the product to infect

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. On 22 March 2017, the

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signed an agreement with the government of Vietnam so that the Japanese could transfer BSL3 technology to, among others, the NIHE.

References

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