Concept

ERINHA (European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents) is a pan-European Research Infrastructure dedicated to study high-consequence pathogens of Risk Group 4 (RG4). As a distributed Research infrastructure it brings together leading European biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) facilities and national research institutes with longstanding experience of research in this field. Such a coordinated approach is vital in the context marked by frequent globalization of infectious diseases with high risk for public health, society and economy. The overarching goal of ERINHA’s Infrastructure research concept is to provide capacities to conduct projects which are broad in scope, ambition and require a wide range of capabilities inside and outside BSL-4 facility that no single facility can provide on its own.
The access to the ERINHA is organized through its Central Coordinating Unit, hosted in Paris.