Diagnostics in Sweden



Viruses IFA EIA NT PCR SEQ VI WB HIA Contact
Chikungunya             Dr. Åke Lundkvist
Stockholm
Sweden

Address
Crimean Congo HF          
Dengue 1-4    
Filoviruses (Ebola- Marburg-like)            
Hantaviruses
PUU, DOB, SAA, TUL, HTN, SEO, SN
   
Influenza A/H5N1          
Japanese Encephalitis        
Lassa            
LCMV              
Nipah          
Ockelbo      
Orthopox (Cowpox*, Monkeypox, Variola)            
Rabies        
Rift Valley Fever          
Ross River              
Sandfly Fever (Naples, Sicilian, Toscana)            
SARS CoV            
Sindbis            
Tick-Borne Encephalitis    
West Nile        
Yellow fever        
* Cowpox also Electron Microscopy



Viruses IFA EIA NT PCR SEQ VI WB EM Contact
Crimean Congo HF   () Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control
Karolinska Institute Stockholm

Prof. Ali Mirazimi
Stockholm
Sweden

Address

NRC for several Diseases (e.g. Arboviruses and Emerging viruses)

Staff: 10 - 12 scientists, microbiologist, technician

Equipment: BSL-2; BSL-3; BSL-4

24/7 on-call duty service for diagnostic support
Ebola virus     ()
Marburg virus ()      
Lassa    
New World Arena virus        
Nipah      
Orthopox          
Rift Valley Fever    
SARS CoV  



Viruses IFA EIA NT PCR SEQ VI EM CF Contact
Coronavirus               National Veterianry Institute
Department of Virology, Immunology and Parasitology

Prof. Jean-Francois Valarcher
Uppsala
Sweden

Address

NRC for several Diseases (e.g. Arboviruses and Emerging viruses)

Staff: 20 scientists and technicians in the field of virology

Equipment: BSL-2; BSL-3
Hanta              
Hepatitis E              
Influenza    
LCMV              
Rabies      
Tick borne encephalitis virus          
VEE, WEE              
West Nile virus            

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, CF=Complement Fixation

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