EURL rabies
Collection of samples, techniques, validation and interpretation of the diagnostic methods for the purposes of rabies surveillance are presented here.
Diagnostic methods considered compliant are presented in the WOAH rabies manual. A list of procedures inspired by the WOAH official methods is also proposed.
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Technical Report for 2014
♦ 30 April 2015 ♦
Each year, the EURL is in charge of elaborating a technical report detailing all rabies activities undertaken and their outputs in the frame of the regulations No 737/2008 and 415/2013. The document is available for members of the EURL network (need to use your login and password to open the restricted access of the website).
Inter-laboratory aptitude test for rabies serology - Year 2015
♦ 1st April 2015 ♦
In the frame of its mandate of EURL for rabies serology (Council Decision 2000/258/EC), the Anses-Nancy laboratory for rabies and wildlife, France, organizes each year inter-laboratory aptitude tests for the purposes of Member States or third countries authorization to carry out the serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of the anti-rabies vaccination. A favourable result of the appraisal of the applicant laboratory documented by the ANSES-Nancy laboratory is a pre-requisite for the appraisal.
This year, 67 laboratories will participate to the inter-laboratory aptitude test for rabies serology. Sending of the panels will be proceeded around the end of April 2015.
Read more about Approved Laboratories in the EU and in Third Countries (ec.europa.eu)
Data collection for EU NRL Annual Community review of tests related to rabies: Do not forget to answer the questionnaire!
♦ 30 March 2015 ♦
As announced last month, the EURL laboratory network is invited to participate in the annual overview of tests performed in the NRLs. This year the survey is undertaken online.
Deadline for submission is postponed to 15th April...
Read more news about the annual overview of tests performed in the NRLs
New book on rabies: Current Laboratory Techniques in Rabies Diagnosis, Research and Prevention
♦ 20 March 2015 ♦
This book is the second volume of the edition of “Current Laboratory Techniques in Rabies Diagnosis, Research and Prevention”. The overall objective is to provide updated information on techniques, including reference methods, to detect lyssaviruses and also to supply resources for those involved in rabies management and research, both for animal and human rabies. These books are very useful for rabies laboratory workers involved in rabies surveillance and oral vaccination monitoring by using reference tests for rabies diagnosis, serology and potency testing of vaccines as well as for scientists willing to design new tools. Recent methods and novel approaches are also detailed in the books.
Most of the methods are clearly described following a template of laboratory protocol or routine Standard Operating Procedure. For each method, a list of the equipment, materials and reagents is generally detailed and a discussion debates the critical parameters and troubleshooting, precautions for health safety, alternative methods (if any), advantages and limitations of the method and the perspectives for the future.
Contains and list of contributors can be found here (books.google.fr).