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Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCC)
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last updated: 24 Sep 2025
General Information
ABSCH-IRCC-LA-280423-1
- Competent National Authority: | ABSCH-CNA-LA-240772-10
Competent National Authority:
Department of Science, Ministry of Education and Sports ()
Km 14 Office, Thangon Road, Done Teaw Village,
Vientiane,
, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Phone: +856 21 253254,
Fax: +856 21 216007,
Website:
Details of the permit or its equivalent
Lao ABS-CNP/Appl/LOMWRU-USA026
The permission is granted to the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit at Mahosot Hospital, to access and utilize the samples of Bacteria isolated from the blood of infected patients under the project on the “A study to assess the efficacy of vaccine candidates for Orientia tsutsugamushi against Lao isolates of Orientia tsutsugamushi”. This project has been approved by the National Ethics Committee for Health Research (NECHR) from 2007 to 2014 Ref. No. 028 NIOPH/NECHR, dated 29/2/2014, and the Material Transfer Agreement between the Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, dated 15 September 2025. 
24 Sep 2025
30 Sep 2026
Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Information
Yes
- Organization: Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU) | ABSCH-CON-LA-280421-1 This document has been updated. This is not the latest published version. Click here to view the latest version of the record.
Organization:
Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU)
Academic or research institute
Quai Fa Ngum, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Vientiane Capital,
, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Phone: +856 21 250752,
Fax:
Website:
Confidential information
- Organization: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston () | ABSCH-CON-LA-280422-1
Organization:
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston ()
Academic or research institute
1.116, Keiller Bldg, TX 77555-0609, USA
Texas,
, United States of America
Phone: (409) 747-3990/ 772-2856,
Fax: (409) 772-2500,
Website:
Confidential information
Mutually Agreed Terms (MAT) Information
Yes
The Material Transfer Agreement has been established between the Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, dated 15 September 2025. 
 
Subject-matter or genetic resource(s)
Frozen and/or liquid cultures of Orientia tsutsugamushi. 
Confidential information
Information on the utilization of the genetic resource(s)
  • Non-Commercial
  1. It is required to share the research results and related publications with the local project partners and the ABS authority to acknowledge the genetic resource provider.
  2. This permission is used for this research purposes only. If the genetic resources are used for commercial purposes, the Department of Pathology, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston must inform the authority and a benefit sharing agreement must be established. 
  3. The applicant/user is required to acknowledge the country of genetic resource origin when making and using the Digital Sequencing Information derived from the resources. 
The sample is not allowed to the third party without permission from the resource provider and the ABS authority.
Additional Information
The samples of specimens from Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit will be sent to Prof. David H. Walker, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA, for vaccine evaluation. 
Amendment history
Unique identifier Status Date
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Kongchay Phimmakong (kongchaybeechan@gmail.com)
24 Sep 2025 10:27
on 24 Sep 2025 10:27