• 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:

    • Mr Orelle, former deputy director of the National Influenza Center for Madagascar (2011-2013)
    • 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

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