EURL-PH-VBV / Evropski referenčni laboratorij za vektorsko prenesene viruse

Institute of Microbiology and Immunology is a part of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Public Health on Vector-borne Viral Pathogens (EURL-PH-VBV) that is one of nine European Union Reference Laboratories for Public Health designated by the European Commission (EC). The EURL-VBV-PH is operational since 1 January 2025 and is part of the Emerging and Vector-borne Disease network (EVD-Net) at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

The EURL supports national expert laboratories (NEL), ECDC and EC in the field of arboviruses, for example viruses transmitted by ticks, mosquitoes, sandflies and midges. It provides general, case- and country-specific scientific and technical support on pathogen specifics, on detection and characterisation methods, on result interpretation in relation to EU(European Union ) lab case-definitions, on laboratory surveillance, preparedness, and response, and will promote uniformity in laboratory  activities to generate standardised data across the EU.

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Inštitut za mikrobiologijo in imunologijo je del referenčnega laboratorija Evropske unije za javno zdravje za vektorske virusne patogene (EURL-PH-VBV). Laboratorij je eden od devetih referenčnih laboratorijev Evropske unije za javno zdravje, ki jih je določila Evropska komisija (EK). EURL-VBV-PH deluje od 1. januarja 2025 in je del mreže Emerging and Vector-borne Disease Network (EVD-Net) pri Evropskem centru za preprečevanje in obvladovanje bolezni (ECDC).

EURL podpira nacionalne strokovne laboratorije (NEL), ECDC in EK na področju virusov, ki jih prenašajo klopi, komarji, peščene muhe in mušice (arbovirusi). Zagotavlja znanstveno in tehnično podporo, referenčno diagnostiko  in interpretacijo rezultatov v skladu z  EU opredelitvijo primera, organizira zunanje kontrole in laboratorijski nadzor ter omogoča pripravljenost in odzivanje na izbruhe arbovirusov. EURL spodbuja poenotenje mikrobioloških  laboratorijskih testov za pridobivanje standardiziranih podatkov po vsej EU.