Investment in biosafety and biosecurity: the need for a risk-based approach and systematic reporting of laboratory accidents to mitigate laboratory-acquired infections and pathogen escapes
1 Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Research Medicine Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: stuart.blacksell@ndm.ox.ac.uk.
2 Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
3 National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa.
4 Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
5 The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK.
6 World Organisation for Animal Health, Paris, France.