Diagnostics in Belgium


Viruses IFA EIA NT PCR SEQ VI WB HIA Contact
Chikungunya             Prins Leopold Instituut voor Trop. Geneeskunde
Centraal Laboratorium voor Klinische Biologie

Dr. Marjan van Esbroeck
Antwerp
Belgium

Address

NRC for:
Tropical diseases / WNV and other arboviruses

Staff: 1 scientists, 2 technicians

Equipment: BSL-2; BSL-3(HIV)
Crimean-Congo HF              
Dengue 1-4            
Filoviruses: Ebola-like, Marburg-like              
Hantaviridae IgG & IgM              
Lassa Fever              
Rift Valley Fever              
West Nile Fever              
Yellow Fever              


Viruses IFA EIA NT PCR SEQ VI WB HIA Contact
Dengue 1-4  IgG & IgM              Queen Astrid Military Hospital
Research Laboratory for Vector-Borne diseases

Paul Heyman
Brussels
Belgium

Address

NRC for vector-borne pathogens

Staff: 3 scientists, 2 technicians

Equipment: BSL-2; BSL-3
24/7 on-call duty service for diagnostic support.
Hantaviridae  IgG & IgM      
Puumala *      
Hantaan *      
Seoul *     *  
Hantavirus  IgG
Dobrava		        
Sandfly fever  IgG & IgM             
Tick-Borne Encephalitis  IgG & IgM            

                              *   IgG only


Viruses IFA EIA NT PCR SEQ VI WB HIA Contact
Avian Influenzavirus H5N7       Scientific Institute of Public Health
OD Communicable and Infectious Diseases

Dr. Steven Van Gucht
Brussels
Belgium

Address

TBEV contact:
Dr. Vanessa Suin Address

NRC for:
Influenza, Hepatitis, Measles/Rubella
Rabies, TBE

Staff: 7 scientists, 10 technicians

Equipment: BSL-2; BSL-3
24/7 on-call duty service for diagnostic support.
Hepatitis A          
Hepatitis D              
Hepatitis E        
Measles          
Rabies      
Rubella          
SARS CoV              
Tick borne encephalitis          
West Nile virus            


Viruses IFA EIA NI PCR SEQ VI SN HIA EM Contact
Cowpox                 Dr. Frank Koenen
CODA-CERVA-VAR
Groeselenberg 99
1180 Ukkel
Belgium
e-mail: frank.koenen@var.fgov.be
Tel. + 32 2 37 90 497
Fax. + 32 2 37 90 670
Influenza A/H5N1    
Orfvirus                
Pseudocowpox                

Abbreviations: IFA=Immunofluorescence Assay, EIA=Enzyme Immuno Assay, NT=Neutralization Test, PCR=Polymerase Chain Reaction, SEQ=Sequencing, VI=Virus Isolation, WB=Western Blot, HIA=Haemagglutination Inhibition Assay, EM= Electron Microscopy, NI= Neuraminidase Inhibitor Assay, SN= Serum Neutralisation test
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