Supply of two (2) Ultra-low Temperature (-80°C) Upright Deep Freezers

The Equipment is required for APHA's project entitled "The use of bovine experimental challenge and natural transmission models of tuberculosis to validate human BCG" which is a collaborative project with two Ethiopian institutes (Armauer Hansen Research Institute and Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology).

The Equipment will be required to be delivered to Ethiopia as the current storage facilities (in the two collaborative Ethiopian institutions) require an upgrade to secure long-term bio-banking of the generated sample pool.

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