The inter-laboratory test (ILT) focused on the evaluation of the real-time RT-PCR techniques is underway. Samples have been dispatched to all the laboratories who registered to take part to this ILT. One of the goals of this test is to realise an inventory of all the molecular biology techniques (MBT) used and available in each lab of the European Union. This inventory will create a good opportunity to compare and check efficiency caracteristics of real-time RT-PCR techniques....

The registration in the 13th workshop for rabies that will held on 15 and 16 June 2022 in Warsaw is now closed. Due to the current geo-political situation, the workshop originally planned from a "face to face" solution will move to an hybrid conference event. This will allow, participants of the Workshop to choose whether to participate remotely, or physically. For organisation matter, if not done already, please inform us rapidly of your choice of attendance. This 13th session...

  The EURL team is gathering data from National Reference Laboratories around the European Union. This is part of the process which allows the laboratory to accomplish one of its duties : Coordinating the methods employed in the Member States for diagnosing rabies by collecting and collating data and information on the methods of diagnosis used and the results of tests carried out in the European Union. Every year, an online survey is indeed sent to all NRL's so they can...

  As 2021 comes to an end, let the festivities begin !  The EURL team wishes you the best for the year to come : A year full of health, joy and success, as well as cooperation and scientific discoveries !   See you in 2022 !   The EURL Team

♦ November 17th 2021 ♦  “Real-life” 13th Workshop for Rabies  The EURL Team is pleased to announce the 13th session of Rabies Workshop.  Unlike the previous session which took place online, this session is planned to be organised back in a classical way (face-to-face meeting). The 2022 meeting will held In Warsaw, Poland on 15  and 16 June. Presentations and discussions will be dedicated to the current situation of...

♦ November 16th 2021 ♦  An inter-laboratory test (ILT) dedicated to rabies molecular biology technique is soon to begin (first quarter of 2022). The registration is now closed. This ILT session will focus on the evaluation of the real-time RT-PCR techniques used in the National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) for the detection of Lyssavirus RNA. Participation to this assay will be open to European Union NRLs members only. The panel to be tested will include coded...

♦ 15 November 2021 ♦ The EURL for rabies website is being updated !  We hope you will enjoy it. Here's what's new : - Obselete links are being updated. - A few graphic changes are being implemented. As always, we will do our best to expand the website on a regular basis with additionnal updated information and documentation. More to come soon ! 

♦ 20 July 2018 ♦ Summer is here in Europe and its holiday time for many of you…We wish you a nice summer time! Happy holidays!

♦ 13-14 June 2018 ♦ The 10th annual meeting organized by the EURL for rabies was held on 13th and 14th June in the premises of the brand new Belgian laboratory "Sciensano" in Uccles, near Brussels, Belgium. Fifty-three scientists from European Member States and neighboring countries as well as personalities from official institutions met for a day of exchanges on rabies. Presentations and discussions focused on the epidemiology of rabies in Europe and in bordering...

♦ 24 July 2018 ♦ The very first EURL for rabies newsletter was sent to the EURL network on March 2015. This newsletter, which was first intended for EU MS NRLs, was soon available to a larger audience, such as the bordering country laboratories, official international institutions, NGOs, etc… The provided information focuses mainly on rabies in Europe and in the Mediterranean Basin as well as on innovation in research and tool development, and more recently on rabies...