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We need a global framework for promoting safe handling of high consequence pathogens
Erik Albert Karlsson, deputy head1, Stuart Dean Blacksell, professor of tropical microbiology2, Dennis Carroll, chief scientist3, David Ross Harper, senior consulting fellow4, Subhash Morzaria, senior fellow5, Filip Claes, regional laboratory coordinator6 …