Influenza

Influenza specific activities

Influenza activities are articulated around different themes:

Laboratory assessment

• Assessment of Influenza laboratories, from regional to National Influenza Center
• Development of a computerized specific assessment tool for Influenza laboratories, currently under development.

Laboratory facility design

• Design or redesign of Influenza laboratory
• Feasibility surveys, cost estimates
• BSL2+/BSL3 design

Technical assistance and expertise specific to Influenza and respiratory diseases

• Laboratory premises recommendations
• Development and adaptation of diagnosis methodology
• Help in adapting or developing SOP and general procedures
• Technical training on molecular biology diagnosis of influenza and others respiratory viruses (PCR, RT PCR, multiplex)

Specific skills, certificate, training and experience of the IQLS staff:

• Influenza specific experts
• 9th Virology – HKU-Pasteur Research Center, Hong-Kong, SAR China-2012
• 4th Immunology – HKU- Pasteur Research Center, Hong-Kong, SAR China, 2011
• Bioinformatics and sequencing on influenza – CDC workshop (NICD), Johannesburg-South Africa, 2011
• Influenza antiviral susceptibility surveillance WHO training course, Health Protection Agency (HPA), London, United Kingdom, 2010
• Viral culture and titration (hemagglutination, inhibition of hemagglutination)
• Molecular diagnosis (pandemic and seasonal influenza)
• Human and swine respiratory organ ex vivo culture models
• Molecular biology PCR, RT-PCR, qPCR, qRT-PCR, RNA and DNA extraction (manual and automated), multiplex
• Development of real-time PCR techniques for virological diagnosis