VIROLOGY SERVICE OFFER

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1 Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport VBS VIROLOGY SERVICE OFFER CLINICAL SAMPLES The preferred method for verifying the particular is printed in bold. Pathogen Examination Measuring method Suitable sampling material 2 Frequency Duration Acc. Pathogen-specific methods Chikungunya Dengue -4 Dobrava Ebola serum, plasma, liquor IFA serum, plasma Serology IgM IFA serum, plasma real-time PCR serum, plasma Tues, Fri 2 days yes IFA, NS Ag LFA serum, plasma IFA, NS Ag LFA serum, plasma serum, plasma, urine, kidney biopsy IFA / IB serum, plasma IFA / IB serum, plasma whole blood standby service 2 days no /8

2 Pathogen Examination Measuring method Suitable sampling material 2 Frequency Duration Acc. Tick-borne encephalitis Yellow fever Hantaan Hendra Influenza A es serum, plasma, liquor Tues, Fri 2 days yes EIA / IFA serum, plasma, liquor Tues, Fri 2 days yes EIA / IFA serum, plasma, liquor Tues, Fri 2 days yes Neutralising test (total Ig) NT upon request no serum, plasma, liquor IFA serum, plasma IFA serum, plasma Neutralising test (total Ig) NT upon request no serum, plasma, urine, kidney biopsy, liver biopsy, spleen biopsy IFA / IB serum, plasma IFA / IB serum, plasma pharyngeal swab, liquor, urine, serum, plasma naso-pharyngeal swab, pharyngeal swab, bronchial rinsing fluid, bronchoalveolar lavage 2/8

3 Pathogen Examination Measuring method Suitable sampling material 2 Frequency Duration Acc. Influenza A HN Influenza A H7N9 Japanese encephalitis Krim Congo Lassa Marburg naso-pharyngeal swab, pharyngeal swab, bronchial rinsing fluid, bronchoalveolar lavage naso-pharyngeal swab, pharyngeal swab, bronchial rinsing fluid, bronchoalveolar lavage serum, plasma, liquor IFA serum, plasma IFA serum, plasma whole blood being established being established whole blood whole blood 3/8

4 Pathogen Examination Measuring method Suitable sampling material 2 Frequency Duration Acc. MERS corona Monkeypox Nipah O Nyong nyong Puumala Rift valley fever naso-pharyngeal secretion / swab, pharyngeal swab, bronchial rinsing fluid, bronchoalveolar lavage PCR & sequencing ELISA at the genus ELISA at the genus vesicle/papule/blister/scab material Tues, Fri week no pharyngeal swab, liquor, urine, serum, plasma serum, plasma, liquor serum, plasma, urine, kidney biopsy IFA / IB serum, plasma IFA / IB serum, plasma serum, plasma being established no 4/8

5 Pathogen Examination Measuring method Suitable sampling material 2 Frequency Duration Acc. Ross river Naples sandfly fever Sicilian sandfly fever Toscan sandfly fever SARS-Corona Sindbis serum, plasma, joint puncture, liquor serum, plasma, liquor being established no serum, plasma, liquor being established no serum, plasma, liquor being established no naso-pharyngeal secretion/swab, pharyngeal swab, bronchial rinsing fluid, bronchoalveolar lavage being established no serum, plasma, liquor being established no 5/8

6 Pathogen Examination Measuring method Suitable sampling material 2 Frequency Duration Acc. Smallpox / variola St. Louis encephalitis Vaccinia West Nile PCR & sequencing ELISA a at genus vesicle/papule/blister/ scab material; early stage: nasopharyngeal secretion/swab, serum, plasma Tues, Fri week no serum, plasma, liquor PCR & sequencing vesicle/papule/blister/scab material Tues, Fri week no serum, plasma, liquor Tues, Fri 2 days yes IFA serum, plasma IFA serum, plasma 6/8

7 Pathogen Examination Measuring method Suitable sampling material 2 Frequency Duration Acc. Genus and family specific methods Alphaes (e.g. chikungunya, eastern equine encephalitis, o nyon nyong, ross river, sindbis, venezuelan equine encephalitis, western equine encephalitis) 3 New World arenaes (Guanarito, Junin, Machupo, Sabia) 3 Filoes (Ebola, Marburg) 3 Flavies (e.g. Dengue, Japanese encephalitis, TBE, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, Louping ill, Murray valley encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, Usutu, West Nile, Zika) 3 Hantaes (andes, dobrava, hantaan, puumala, seoul, sin nombre) 3 PCR & sequencing upon request no several real-time RT-PCRs; incl. differentiation at species upon request no endpoint RT-PCR upon request no PCR & sequencing upon request no species-specific no serologies exist for Dengue, TBE, Yellow Fever, Japanese Encephalitis and West Nile no several real-time RT-PCRs; incl. differentiation at species IFA / IB; incl. differentiation at species upon request no serum, plasma 3 the species covered with the method are presented in brackets. There are also species-specific methods for species printed in italics. 7/8

8 Pathogen Examination Measuring method Suitable sampling material 2 Frequency Duration Acc. Orthopox es (camelpox, cowpox, monkeypox, smallpox, vaccinia) 3 IFA / IB; incl. differentiation at species serum, plasma Serology IgM PCR & sequencing; incl. differentiation at species upon request no 3 the species covered with the method are presented in brackets. There are also species-specific methods for species printed in italics. July 206 8/8