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Workshop for Rabies 2017 and Rabies Serology Meeting 2017: Registration ending!
Published on
20/03/2017
♦ 20 March 2017 ♦
Registration for both meetings in Budapest is close to end now. Remember deadline is 30th March 2017. Should you intend to attend one or both meeting(s), do not to forget to register online following the link provided in the e-mailed sent to the networks. If you do not find the link, please ask us using rabies.eu-rl@anses.fr. Laboratories from the serology network willing to present or share information about rabies serology (development of new tools, comparison...
Inter laboratory test for rabies diagnosis 2017
Published on
20/03/2017
♦ 20 March 2017 ♦
If you registered for the 2017 session of the inter laboratory test for rabies diagnosis, please check that all needed documents have been sent to the EURL for rabies in order to validate your participation. Remember that it is necessary to send before the launch of the test the original document of the unilateral commitment back to our team, and, if needed, an import permit delivered by your official administration.
WHO weekly epidemiological record: human rabies 2016 updates and call for data
Published on
20/03/2017
♦ 17 February 2017 ♦
The WHO/ Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases released on 17 February a report on human rabies 2016 updates. [Relayed from who website] “The report updates the epidemiological information on dog-transmitted rabies, discuss the changing needs from surveillance when approaching elimination and data sources for rabies in animals; it outlines new sources and recent developments towards more complete rabies data and calls for active...
Workshop for rabies 2017 and rabies serology meeting 2017: Save the date and place!
Published on
19/01/2017
♦ 16 January 2017 ♦
Next workshop for rabies will be held on 13 June, afternoon, and 14 June, morning in Budapest, Hungary. The rabies serology meeting will follow on 14 June, afternoon, and 15 June, full day at the same place. A mail of information has been sent to both networks. Laboratories from the serology network willing to present or share information about rabies serology (development of new tools, comparison of techniques, situation of your laboratory regarding rabies...
Inter laboratory test for rabies diagnosis 2017
Published on
19/01/2017
♦ 09 January 2017 ♦
Registrations for the 2017 session of the inter laboratory test for rabies diagnosis are now closed. Forty-eight laboratories from all continents will participate to this annual trial, testing one or several diagnosis techniques (FAT, RTCIT, Conventional RT-PCR and Real Time RT-PCR). Requested documentation (fully filled in, initialled and stamp unilateral commitment and import license) must be sent to the EURL for rabies for finalisation of registration....
Workshop for rabies 2017 and rabies serology meeting 2017 - Erratum!
Published on
16/12/2016
♦ 13 December 2016 ♦
Contrarily to what had been previously announced, both the next workshop for rabies and the rabies serology meeting will not be held in Spain. Dates remain unchanged: 13-14 June for workshop for rabies and 14-15 June for the rabies serology meeting. Please accept our apologies for this change of destination beyond our will. We are currently working on another destination that should be announced very soon.
Inter laboratory test for rabies diagnosis 2017
Published on
16/12/2016
♦ 15 December 2016 ♦
The call for participation for the 2017 session of the inter laboratory test for rabies diagnosis has just be sent to every potentially interested laboratories. As usual, the test will have to be performed with one or several diagnosis techniques: FAT, RTCIT, Conventional RT-PCR and Real Time RT-PCR. The test is intended for EU National reference laboratory for rabies, and may be extended to other laboratories upon request and material availability...