♦ 04 April 2016 ♦ 

National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute (NFVRAI), Vilnius, Lithuania

Lithuanian National Reference Laboratory for Rabies

Introduction of Lithuania in Rabies Reference Laboratory

National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute (NFVRAI) is the National Reference Laboratory for Rabies. Virology Unit operates in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The main laboratory routine activities are connected with rabies surveillance and monitoring programmes. NFVRAI informs the State Food and Veterinary Service on the number and results of investigations pursuant to the established procedure.

Address: J. Kairiukscio str.10, LT-08409 Vilnius
E-mail: nmvrvi@vet.lt
Website: www.nmvrvi.lt/en  
NFVRAI director: Dr. Gediminas Pridotkas (e-mail: gpridotkas@vet.lt)

Accreditation  

Since 2003 till 2015 year our Virology Unit  has been accredited by the Deutsche Akkreditieungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS), and since 2015 of May has been accredited by the Lithuanian National Accreditation Bureau (NAB) according to ISO/IEC 17025 standard for rabies serology FAVN, ELISA for rabies diagnostics FAT, RTCIT, RT-PCR and vaccine bait titration also OTC determination. The NFVRAI is also an EU approved laboratory for serological testing regarding rabies in dogs, cats and ferrets in the frame of pets travel since 2005.

Virology Unit

The Virology Unit is located in specialized facilities for investigation of viral diseases, which guarantees bio-safety requirements working with rabies viruses. Separate working area is arranged for investigation of rabies. The state-of-the-art equipment secures safe and high quality tests of rabies in cell culture and immunochemical testing.  Within the scope of its competence, the Unit submits proposals to various ministries and other state institutions. It is in close co-operation with of Veterinary Academy Lithuanian of the University of Health Sciences and the Center of Innovative Medicine on investigation of problems of key viral diseases.

Staff

The Head of Virology Unit is Dr. Ingrida Jaceviciene (e-mail: ijacevciene@vet.lt). We have two laboratory technicians and three researchers trained to work with the rabies FAT, RTCIT, FAVN, ELISA, diagnostic methods also OTC determination, baits titration.

Staff present on 8 March 2016 - From right to left: Ingrida Jacevičienė, Živile Zakarauskaitė, Edita Sokolnikienė, Genuefa Kaženiauskienė, Danielė Bagdanavičiūtė, Justina Smagurauskaite, Elžbieta Gžybovskaja, Žymante Steponavičiūtė.

 

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