. ▁Also ▁during ▁this ▁out break , ▁a ▁prom ising ▁v acc ine ▁and ▁treatment ▁for ▁E bol a ▁that ▁were ▁developed ▁at ▁N ML , ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁collabor ators , ▁were ▁fast ▁track ed ▁into ▁clin ical ▁tri als ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁get ▁to ▁the ▁people ▁that ▁needed ▁it ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁possible . ▁ ▁Another ▁accomplish ment ▁was ▁the ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁H 1 N 1 ▁influen za ▁pan demic . ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁Mexican ▁national ▁lab ▁approached ▁N ML ▁for ▁assistance ▁with ▁ident ifying ▁a ▁resp ir atory ▁virus ▁that ▁was ▁causing ▁out break s ▁in ▁Mexico . ▁N ML ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁quickly ▁identify ▁the ▁new ▁virus ▁and ▁recognize ▁that ▁it ▁matched ▁the ▁virus ▁that ▁was ▁beginning ▁to ▁circul ate ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁As ▁the ▁lead ▁labor atory ▁in ▁Canada , ▁N ML ▁rapidly ▁developed ▁di agnostic ▁tests ▁and ▁equ ipped ▁provincial ▁l abs ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁test ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁virus . ▁ ▁N ML ▁also ▁assist ed ▁Mexico ▁by ▁providing ▁additional ▁testing ▁and ▁sent ▁staff ▁to ▁their ▁national ▁labor atory ▁to ▁enable ▁to ▁help ▁them ▁set ▁up ▁their ▁own ▁testing ▁protocol s . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁international ▁labor atory ▁sector , ▁N ML ▁has ▁developed ▁different ▁types ▁of ▁mobile ▁l abs : ▁a ▁lab - tr uck , ▁a ▁lab - tra iler , ▁and ▁a ▁" lab ▁in ▁a ▁suit case ". ▁The ▁lab - tr uck ▁is