National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory
The National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory (NAIRL) is a BSL3 facility in Harbin, China.{{cite news |last1=Connor |first1=Steve |title='Appalling irresponsibility': Senior scientists attack Chinese researchers for creating new strains of influenza virus in veterinary laboratory |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/appalling-irresponsibility-senior-scientists-attack-chinese-researchers-creating-new-strains-influenza-virus-veterinary-laboratory-8601658.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/appalling-irresponsibility-senior-scientists-attack-chinese-researchers-creating-new-strains-influenza-virus-veterinary-laboratory-8601658.html |archive-date=2022-06-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |date=2 May 2013}}{{cite news |title=Protecting people and animals from deadly flu viruses |url=https://en.unesco.org/news/protecting-people-and-animals-deadly-flu-viruses |publisher=UNESCO |date=13 April 2016}}{{cite web |title=OIE/FAO Reference Laboratories and experts for highly pathogenic avian influenza and low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry) |url=http://www.offlu.net/index.php?id=78 |website=OFFLU.net}}
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In October 2019, scientists at the NAIRL reported on the development of a real-time RT-PCR test for the H5N6 virus.{{cite journal |doi=10.1186/s12985-019-1229-2|title=Development of a duplex Taq Man real-time RT-PCR assay for simultaneous detection of newly emerged H5N6 influenza viruses|year=2019|last1=Liu|first1=Lin|last2=Zhang|first2=Ying|last3=Cui|first3=Pengfei|last4=Wang|first4=Congcong|last5=Zeng|first5=Xianying|last6=Deng|first6=Guohua|last7=Wang|first7=Xiurong|journal=Virology Journal|volume=16|issue=1|page=119|pmid=31640801|pmc=6805314 |doi-access=free }}
On 2 February 2021, the NAIRL reported an outbreak in Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park, Haidian District, Beijing of a highly pathogenic H5N8 variant, which had a mortality rate of 1 in 5 Cygnus atratus (Anatidae) animals.{{cite news |title=Information received on 03/02/2021 from Dr Huang Baoxu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao, China (People's Rep. of) |url=https://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=38007&newlang=en |publisher=OIE |date=2 February 2021}}
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