List of international veterinary diagnostic laboratories for submission of suspected Pandemic H1N1 2009 swine samples or isolates
8th May 2009
Pandemic H1N1 2009 related information is available on the FAO and OIE websites. General guidance for the international shipment of samples for laboratory diagnostics is available at this link.
If assistance is needed for shipment, please contact empres-shipping-service@fao.org.
Below is the interim list of laboratories that have agreed to receive Pandemic H1N1 2009 suspected specimens and/or isolates with short notice, considering that there is currently no designated OIE/FAO reference laboratory for swine influenza. OFFLU is thankful to all of these laboratories for their international assistance.
It is highly recommended to contact the laboratory before preparing shipments.
AUSTRALIA
Australian Animal Health Laboratory [AAHL]
Conditions
Specimens from mammalian animal species for diagnosis or confirmation of the Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza can be accepted from countries that are recognized free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Nucleic acid reparations containing no viable virus may be accepted from any country.
Contact
Dr. Peter Daniels
Australian Animal Health Laboratory
5 Portarlington Road, Geelong, 3220, Australia
Telephone +61 3 5227 5000 / Facsimile +61 3 5227 5555
E-mails: Accessions clerk (accessions@csiro.au) and the Duty Veterinarian (dutyvet@csiro.au)
Peter Daniels (peter.daniels@csiro.au) and Paul Selleck (paul.selleck@csiro.au)
CANADA
National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease [NCFAD]
Conditions
Diagnostic specimens from mammalian animal species for diagnosis or confirmation of the Pandemic H1N1 2009 can be shipped internationally to Canada through
Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport.
Contact
Prof. Soren Alexandersen
Director, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease
1015 Arlington Street Winnipeg MB R3E 3M4 Government of Canada
Phone: +1 (204) 789-2102 / Fax: +1 (204) 789-2038
E-mail: Soren.Alexandersen@inspection.gc.ca
FRANCE
Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments [AFSSA]
Conditions
Specimens from mammalian animal species for diagnosis or confirmation of the Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza can be accepted from countries that are recognized free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and can be shipped directly to AFSSA. Nucleic acid preparations containing no viable virus may be accepted from any country.
Contact
Dr. Gaëlle Kuntz-Simon
Unité Virologie Immunologie Porcines
AFSSA-LERAPP
Zoopôle Les Croix
Rue des fusillés, BP53
22440 Ploufragan, France
Direct phone: +33 2 96 01 01 63 / Reception phone: +33 2 96 01 62 22 / Fax: +33 2 96 01 62 94
GERMANY
Friedrich-Loeffler Institut [FLI]
Conditions
Specimens from mammalian animal species for diagnosis or confirmation of the Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza can be accepted from all countries. Shipments containing samples from countries not declared free of foot and mouth disease (FMD) should be marked on the outside “NFFMD”. All shipments should be made through airport Berlin-Tegel using UN 3373 declaration for diagnostic samples and UN2814 for isolates.
Contacts
Friedrich-Loeffler Institut
Suedufer 10, D-17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
Phone: +49 38351 70 / Fax: +49 38351 7219
Sample submission contact: PD Dr. T. Vahlenkamp (E-mail: thomas.vahlenkamp@fli.bund.de)
Other contact: PD Dr. Martin Beer (E-mail: martin.beer@fli.bund.de)
ITALY
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie [IZS-Ve]
Conditions
Diagnostic specimens from mammalian animal species for diagnosis or confirmation of the Pandemic H1N1 2009 can be shipped internationally to Italy with UN Code UN3373. Virus strains should be transported through Milan Malpensa Airport or Rome Fiumicino Airport with UN code UN2814.
Contact
Instituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe)
Virology Department
Viale dell’Università 10, 35020 Legnaro
Padova, Italy
Phone: +39 049 8084369 / Fax: +39 049 8084360
E-mails: Sample submission contact: Dr. Marta Vettore (E-mail: mvettore@izsvenezie.it).
Other contact: Dr. Giovanni Cattoli (E-mail: gcattoli@izsvenezie.it)
THE NETHERLANDS
Central Veterinary Institute [CVI Lelystad]
Conditions
All specimens from mammalian animal species for diagnosis or confirmation of the Pandemic H1N1 2009 should be imported through Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam.
Contact
Dr. Johan Bongers
Central Veterinary Institute
Department of Virology – HCU – 221
Houtribweg 39
8221 RA Lelystad, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0) 320 238 800 / Fax: +31 (0) 320 238 668
E-mails: johan.bongers@wur.nl ; guus.koch@wur.nl ; willie.loeffen@wur.nl
UK
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge [VLA]
Conditions
Specimens from mammalian animal species for diagnosis or confirmation of Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza can be accepted from countries that are recognized free of FMD and SVD, VS, CSF, ASF (according to OIE status) and can be shipped through London. Nucleic acid preparations containing no viable virus may be accepted from any country.
Specimens from mammalian animal species for diagnosis or confirmation of the Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza can be accepted from countries that are recognized free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Nucleic acid preparations (RNA samples) containing no viable virus may be accepted from any country.
Contact
Dr. Ian Brown
Avian Virology, VLA Weybridge
New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1932 357339 / Fax: +44 1932 357239
E-mail: aiwrl@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
USA
National Veterinary Services Laboratories [NVSL]
Conditions
All Central American and Caribbean countries/territories can send samples directly to NVSL, Ames, Iowa provided that the laboratory is contacted well in advance.
All South American countries should send a duplicate set of samples to the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL), Plum Island, proper advance contact is necessary.
Contacts
Dr Elizabeth A. Lautner, Director, National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL - Ames and Plum Island).
Email: Elizabeth.A.Lautner@usda.gov
Dr. Beverly Schmitt, Director, Diagnostic Virology Laboratory (DVL), Ames Iowa.
Email: Beverly.J.Schmitt@aphis.usda.gov. Phone: +1 (515) 337-7551 / Fax: +1 (515) 337-7348