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== National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (Canada) Entry ==

This entry should be removed as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease as well as the Public Health Agency of Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory are in the same complex.

Canada has only has one BSL-4 laboratory.

It is the CANADIAN SCIENCE CENTRE FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH (CSCHAH) is jointly run by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. It is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba.


== Listing BSL-3 Sites ==
] (]) 07:35, 16 December 2008 (UTC)biopunk
:Thank you, the correction has been made. ] (]) 03:40, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


Surely it is a fool's errand to include a list of BLS-3 labs, given that the start of this section indicates that there are over 1000 in the US alone. Why not make the list of facilities only those with BSL-4 facilities? This would be an actually possible task and would may resolve the factual inaccuracy complaint. <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 2012-08-24T14:29:56‎</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
== Popular Culture ==


I agree. This list would go on forever. BSL-3 labs are much too common to list. ] (]) 12:07, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
Why exactly was this section removed?
] (]) 22:41, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
:It was unverified (]), and only reproduced bits from the old ] article. It should be incorporated into the History section, describing its impact on society. ] (]) 22:44, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
::Unverified? It said the levels are described in a movie (Outbreak). Verification of the fact can be made by watching the movie. I've seen it, and that's how I was first informed of existence of BSLs.] (]) 22:49, 14 March 2009 (UTC)


While we're at it, reference to fictional BSL5 labs could be put such section if it were to come back.] (]) 22:49, 14 March 2009 (UTC) {{agree|I agree too.}} After the COVID pandemic there was a boom of BLS-2 labs upgrading to BLS-3 in Brazil, it doesn't seem to make much sense to list it all.] (]) 01:55, 12 May 2022 (UTC)


== Plagiarism in the ] section ==
:I've brought it back as it was before. Have fun. ] (]) 04:41, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


This section had blatant plagiarism. We cannot directly copy/paste what a report says like that. We must, instead, summarize and paraphrase. And where we quote, we must use quotation marks, and restrict ourselves to as little direct quotation as possible. Misplaced Pages is not simply a repository for quotes about stuff. An encyclopedia is much more than that. The relevant guideline is ].--] <sup>(]</sup> <sup>])</sup> 21:27, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
== Labs to Add ==


== New(ish) source and more ==
*University of Louisville: Center for Predictive Medicine
**Details: The $34.6-million Center for Predictive Medicine, a Level 3 biosafety lab, is scheduled to open next year on UofL’s Shelby Campus. The 37,000-square-foot facility is one of 13 such labs being built through a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases plan to better protect Americans from biological threats ... For more information, call 502-852-1113.
**SOURCE:
**I validate this information as being factual and true --] (]) 17:59, 26 April 2009 (UTC)


is the most recent source I found about the number of high-containment biological laboratories (roughly meaning BSL-3 and BSL-4). It looks reliable, but mostly based on older sources that this article is already using (guess it can still be useful for finding other sources or filling up the BSL-4 list). The sentence about the USA Today report seems a bit misleading (in 2015 it was well known that there were far more than 200 BSL-3 facilities, their locaton/identity is what wasn't public or easy to find; 's the original artice, which may be a better source than the current one; the sentence about the GAO report also uses the verb "identify", but that's a number likely closer to the actual total number and the report doesn't disclose their location; the above linked more recent source uses 1,643, that looks like 1,362 with DSAT + 281 with APHIS, it's based on a slightly newer, but not much different GAO report, probably a lower estimate, not sure if some laboratories figure in both counts). Not sure what to do with this, so I'll just drop the links and leave eventual edits to other editors. ] (]) 21:36, 12 July 2022 (UTC)


== Orphaned references in ] ==
The BSL-4 laboratory in Galveston has been up and running since before Hurricane Ike. It was officially dedicated in November after the storm. I'm not a Wiki-editor or I'd update it myself. Thanks! <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 00:24, 27 April 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


I check pages listed in ] to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for ] in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of ]'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for ''this'' article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
== Remove all BSL 3 labs ==


<b>Reference named "feldman07":</b><ul>
After reading through this article, and then doing a little bit of Googling, I realized that there are 4 BSL-3 labs within walking distance of my current location, and at least 10 within 30 minutes. I am at UNC-CH. Anyways, point is, the number of BSL-3 labs has skyrocketed at a rate so high that it is no longer relevant to list BSL-3 labs in this article. Such a list would warrant a separate article possibly. ] (]) 21:36, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
<li>From ]: {{cite journal |doi=10.1086/520539 |title=Dedication: Jim Orzechowski (1944–2003) and Michael Kiley (1942–2004) |year=2007 |last1=Feldmann |first1=Heinz |last2=Geisbert |first2=Thomas |last3=Kawaoka |first3=Yoshihiro |last4=Johnson |first4=Karl M. |journal=The Journal of Infectious Diseases |volume=196 |pages=S127–S128 }}</li>
:What's usually done on Misplaced Pages is to start a new article titled ]. Change notability "Level 4 are accepted because of the nature of their work. If the facility is 3 or below, it must be linked to an article elaborating on it", by requiring an article be associated with the entry, it exposes it to ]. Does this help? ] (]) 04:28, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
<li>From ]: {{cite journal |doi=10.1086/520539}}</li>
::Well, you are in a university/agricultural town, but I see your point. If done, perhaps list these labs by their public/private funding?biopunk 09:00, 20 July 2009 (UTC)biopunk
</ul>
I have to agree here, most hospitals dealing with pathology have at least a small level 3 lab for things like TB, a list of all the level 3 labs in the world would run into the many thousands! A more interesting list would be of all the level 4 labs, as these are much rarer.] (]) 17:52, 13 April 2010 (UTC)


I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. <small>Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs.</small> ]] 14:14, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
I would agree - remove the list of BSL 3 labs. I know of several in Montreal, Canada (my home) alone (I work in one).


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== Some info about the Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis (IVI) ==


]
It is correct, that there are treated only animal diseases, but some are also dangerous for humans <br />(rabies, avian flu, porcine flu, etc...), therefore in some experiments suits are worn!
Please, somebody with a wiki-account, correct the info.
I don't have one, and I don't want to create one just for this.


It seems as if in 2022 user Fargoh replaced the image in this article with a version that was upscaled using AI, attributing it as "Improvement of quality and resolution". The upscaled version features some artifacts telling of neural network-generated and "improved" imagery. Is there any reason for the higher resolution version to be kept or should the change be reverted? ] (]) 08:37, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
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Listing BSL-3 Sites

Surely it is a fool's errand to include a list of BLS-3 labs, given that the start of this section indicates that there are over 1000 in the US alone. Why not make the list of facilities only those with BSL-4 facilities? This would be an actually possible task and would may resolve the factual inaccuracy complaint. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.51.113 (talkcontribs) 2012-08-24T14:29:56‎

I agree. This list would go on forever. BSL-3 labs are much too common to list. Artur The Third (talk) 12:07, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

I agree too. After the COVID pandemic there was a boom of BLS-2 labs upgrading to BLS-3 in Brazil, it doesn't seem to make much sense to list it all. —Arthurfragoso (talk) 01:55, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Plagiarism in the Safety Concerns section

This section had blatant plagiarism. We cannot directly copy/paste what a report says like that. We must, instead, summarize and paraphrase. And where we quote, we must use quotation marks, and restrict ourselves to as little direct quotation as possible. Misplaced Pages is not simply a repository for quotes about stuff. An encyclopedia is much more than that. The relevant guideline is Misplaced Pages:Plagiarism.--Shibbolethink 21:27, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

New(ish) source and more

This is the most recent source I found about the number of high-containment biological laboratories (roughly meaning BSL-3 and BSL-4). It looks reliable, but mostly based on older sources that this article is already using (guess it can still be useful for finding other sources or filling up the BSL-4 list). The sentence about the USA Today report seems a bit misleading (in 2015 it was well known that there were far more than 200 BSL-3 facilities, their locaton/identity is what wasn't public or easy to find; here's the original artice, which may be a better source than the current one; the sentence about the GAO report also uses the verb "identify", but that's a number likely closer to the actual total number and the report doesn't disclose their location; the above linked more recent source uses 1,643, that looks like 1,362 with DSAT + 281 with APHIS, it's based on a slightly newer, but not much different GAO report, probably a lower estimate, not sure if some laboratories figure in both counts). Not sure what to do with this, so I'll just drop the links and leave eventual edits to other editors. 109.119.248.146 (talk) 21:36, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Biosafety level

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Biosafety level's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "feldman07":

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT 14:14, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

AI upscaled image

It seems as if in 2022 user Fargoh replaced the image in this article with a version that was upscaled using AI, attributing it as "Improvement of quality and resolution". The upscaled version features some artifacts telling of neural network-generated and "improved" imagery. Is there any reason for the higher resolution version to be kept or should the change be reverted? Polinet68 (talk) 08:37, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

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