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Slovenian National Reference Laboratory for Rabies
Published on
20/07/2018
♦ 02 July 2018 ♦ National veterinary institute (NVI) is a special organization unit of Veterinary faculty at the University of Ljubljana. It operates as public institution of national interest. National reference laboratory for rabies is part of Unit for virology Within NVI. The Unit for virology is located in specialized facilities for laboratory investigation of viral diseases. NVI performs the activities determined by the Law on the veterinary service, on the basis of the concession contract signed between Slovene Veterinary Administration and NVI. Special systemization of NVI is approved by Veterinary Administration NVI is only EU authorized laboratory for testing of blood samples in the frame of pets since 2005. Read full laboratory presentation (for members only ).  
Documents presented workshop of 19, 20 and 21 June 2019
Published on
16/07/2018
The documents presented during the workshop of 19, 20 and 21 June 2019.  
Update on Listeriosis outbreak Lm ST6-frozen corn
Published on
11/07/2018
As an update on the investigation  of the multi-country outbreak of Lm serogroup IVb/ST 6 infections linked to frozen corn and possibly to other frozen vegetables, please find the link to two reports recently published: 1st  update of EFSA-ECDC Rapid Outbreak Assessment : http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supporting/pub/en-1448 EFSA Technical Report: Urgent scientific and technical assistance to provide recommendations for sampling and testing in the processing plants of frozen vegetables aiming at detecting Lm - https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supporting/pub/en-1445 We as EURL Lm have further undertook sequencing of food strains linked to this outbreak and Léna BARRE has participated to the expert group which has drafted the 2nd report.
Urgent scientific and technical assistance to provide recommendations for sampling and testing in the processing plants of frozen vegetables aiming at detecting Listeria monocytogenes
Published on
10/07/2018
EFSA published the technical report of the urgent scientific and technical assistance to provide recommendations for sampling and testing in the processing plants of frozen vegetables aiming at detecting Listeria monocytogenes. EURL Lm participate to this work as expert.
The 23rd EU-RL/NRLs workshop scheduled at Anses-Fougeres location on June 28th and 29th 2018
Published on
26/06/2018
The 23rd EU-RL/NRLs workshop scheduled at Anses-Fougeres location on June 28th and 29th 2018. Programme
Recent paper: Core Genome Multi Locus Sequence Typing and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analyses in the Epidemiology of Brucella melitensis Infections
Published on
23/06/2018
Authors Anna Janowicz, Fabrizio De Massisa, Massimo Ancoraa, Cesare Cammàa, Claudio Patavinoa, Antonio Battistib, Karola Priorc, Dag Harmsenc, Holger Scholzd, Katiuscia Zillia, Lorena Sacchinia, Elisabetta Di Giannatalea and Giuliano Garofolo Abstract [relayed from jcm.asm.org] The use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) using next generation sequencing (NGS) technology has become a widely accepted method for microbiology laboratories in the application of molecular typing for outbreak tracing and genomic epidemiology. Several studies demonstrated the usefulness of WGS data analysis through single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) calling from a reference sequence analysis for Brucella melitensis, whereas gene-by-gene comparison through core-genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) has not been explored so far. The current study developed an allele-based cgMLST method and compared its performance to the genome-wide SNP approach and the traditional MLVA on a defined sample collection. The dataset comprised of 37 epidemiologically linked animal cases of brucellosis as well as 71 isolates with unknown epidemiological status composed of human and animal samples collected in Italy.
New! LEILA, a software to simplify organisation of Inter-Laboratory Proficiency tests !
Published on
18/06/2018
Dear colleagues,   Anses has developed a software/web interface (https://leila.anses.fr/) to simplify organisation of Inter-Laboratory Proficiency tests ! This software will facilitate the access to all the information concerning the ILPT (calendar, online registration, documents, reports). Each laboratory has now to create a Laboratory workspace into the software. You can find a tutorial to create your workspace (https://vimeo.com/ansesleila). After this creation, you will be ready for the future ILPT. Hope to see you soon on LEILA!   In case of any further question, please contact us (eurl.brucellosis@anses.fr)
Successful first training session on biological controls at ANSES !
Published on
15/06/2018
The EURL team organised the first 2018 training session on the 14th and 15th June at ANSES. This 2-day training session focused on control of ELISAs and Rose Bengale (RB) antigens. Eight participants from  Croatia, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Spain performed a successful control of a serum ELISA kit and two RB antigens. It was a good opportunity to exchange on critical points of reagents controls and share experience on protocols and reagents.
Regulation (EU) 2018/470 : on detailed rules on the MRL to be considered for contol purposes for foodstuffs dervied from animals which have been treated in the EU under Article 11 of Directive 2001/82/EC - The Cascade Use
Published on
12/06/2018
Regulation (EU) 2018/470 : on detailed rules on the MRL to be considered for control purposes for foodstuffs dervied from animals which have been treated in the EU under Article 11 of Directives 2001/82/EC - The Cascade Use
Recent paper: Brucella abortus: determination of survival times and evaluation of methods for detection in several matrices
Published on
08/06/2018
 Authors Rene Kaden, Sevinc  Ferrari,  Tomas Jinnerot,  Martina Lindberg,  Tara Wahab,  Moa Lavander

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