HPA Culture Collections
Encyclopedia
The Health Protection Agency (HPA
), along with its subdivision, the National Collection of Type Cultures
(NCTC) Culture Collections, is a non-profit organization located in the UK. HPA plays a role for protecting UK public health. More detailed information can be obtained from HPA home page.
Health Protection Agency
The Health Protection Agency, or, in Welsh, Yr Asiantaeth Diogelu Iechyd is a statutory corporation. It is an independent UK organisation that was set up by the government in 2003 to protect the public from threats to their health from infectious diseases and environmental hazards...
), along with its subdivision, the National Collection of Type Cultures
National Collection of Type Cultures
National Collection of Type Cultures is one of the four organizations that constitutes the HPA Culture Collections. It is a non-profit culture collection repository located in UK. NCTC maintains over 5000 bacterial cultures, over 100 mycoplasmas and more than 500 plasmids, host strains,...
(NCTC) Culture Collections, is a non-profit organization located in the UK. HPA plays a role for protecting UK public health. More detailed information can be obtained from HPA home page.