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1 OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities Activities in 2017 This report has been submitted : :31:29 Name of disease (or topic) for which you are a designated OIE Reference Laboratory: Infection with infectious salmon anaemia virus Address of laboratory: P.O. Box 750 Sentrum 0106 Oslo NORWAY Tel.: Fax: address: knut.falk@vetinst.no Website: Name (including Title) of Head of Laboratory (Responsible Official): Gaute Lenvik, Director General Name (including Title and Position) of OIE Reference Expert: Dr.Knut Falk, VMD, PhD, Senior Researcher Which of the following defines your laboratory? Check all that apply: Governmental OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities,

2 ToR 1: To use, promote and disseminate diagnostic methods validated according to OIE Standards 1. Did your laboratory perform diagnostic tests for the specified disease/topic for purposes such as disease diagnosis, screening of animals for export, surveillance, etc.? (t for quality control, proficiency testing or staff training) Diagnostic Test Indicated in OIE Manual (/) Total number of test performed last year Indirect diagnostic tests Nationally Internationally Histopathology Direct diagnostic tests Nationally Internationally Immunohistochemistry Cell culture/ifat for virus isolation/identification 25 0 Real-time RT-PCR Sequencing for genotyping 56 0 ToR 2: To develop reference material in accordance with OIE requirements, and implement and promote the application of OIE Standards. To store and distribute to national laboratories biological reference products and any other reagents used in the diagnosis and control of the designated pathogens or disease. 2. Did your laboratory produce or supply imported standard reference reagents officially recognised by the OIE? 3. Did your laboratory supply standard reference reagents (non OIE-approved) and/or other diagnostic reagents to OIE Member Countries? 4. Did your laboratory produce vaccines? 2 OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities, 2017

3 5. Did your laboratory supply vaccines to OIE Member Countries? ToR 3: To develop, standardise and validate, according to OIE Standards, new procedures for diagnosis and control of the designated pathogens or diseases 6. Did your laboratory develop new diagnostic methods validated according to OIE Standards for the designated pathogen or disease? 7. Did your laboratory develop new vaccines according to OIE Standards for the designated pathogen or disease? ToR 4: To provide diagnostic testing facilities, and, where appropriate, scientific and technical advice on disease control measures to OIE Member Countries 8. Did your laboratory carry out diagnostic testing for other OIE Member Countries? Name of OIE Member Country seeking assistance Date (month). samples received for provision of diagnostic support. samples received for provision of confirmatory diagnoses DENMARK February Did your laboratory provide expert advice in technical consultancies on the request of an OIE Member Country? ToR 5: To carry out and/or coordinate scientific and technical studies in collaboration with other laboratories, centres or organisations 10. Did your laboratory participate in international scientific studies in collaboration with OIE Member Countries other than the own? OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities,

4 Title of the study Duration Purpose of the study Partners (Institutions) OIE Member Countries involved other than your country OIE Twinning programme with AQUACEN, Brazil 3 years OIE Twinning programme AQUACEN, Belo Horizonte, Brazil BRAZIL Characterization of ISAV HPR0 virus- and infection in Atlantic salmon 6 years Characterize ISAV HPR0 infection, determine biological significance if ISAV HPR0 and identify ISAV virulence markers Food, Veterinary and Environmental Agency, the Faroe Islands DENMARK Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV): Characterization of functional virulence markers 1 year Visiting scientist Study functional characteristics of ISAV Pacific Biological Station - DFO, Nanaimo, BC, Canada CANADA ToR 6: To collect, process, analyse, publish and disseminate epizootiological data relevant to the designated pathogens or diseases 11. Did your Laboratory collect epizootiological data relevant to international disease control? 12. Did your laboratory disseminate epizootiological data that had been processed and analysed? 13. What method of dissemination of information is most often used by your laboratory? (Indicate in the appropriate box the number by category) a) Articles published in peer-reviewed journals: 2 Falk, K. and Aamelfot, M. (2017) Infectious Salmon Anaemia. In: Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection (Eds. P.T.K. Woo and R.C. Cipriano) CAB International, Oxfordshire, UK (pp 68-78) ISBN-13: doi: / Christiansen D.H., McBeath A.J.A., Aamelfot M., Matejusova, I., Fourrier, M., White, P., Petersen, P.E., Falk K. (2017) First field evidence of the evolution from a non-virulent HPR0 to a virulent HPR-deleted infectious salmon anaemia virus. J Gen Virol 98; DOI /jgv b) International conferences: 4 Moldal T, Aamelfot M, Lyngstad T, Qviller L, Falk K, Brun E and Hjeltnes B. Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) - recent development and future control. Summary of the ILA-workshop (see below) held as a presentation at the EURLworkshop, Lyngby, Denmark. Alarcón M, Moldal T, Aamelfot M, Sindre H, Lyngstad TM and Falk K. Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) infection in rwegian farmed rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). Poster at the EAFP-conference, Belfast, rth-ireland. Christiansen, D.H., McBeath, A, Aamelfot, M, Matejusova, I, Fourrier, M, White, P, Petersen, P,Falk, K. Evolution of virulent ISAV from a non-virulent ISAV-HPR0 progenitor. Presentation EAFP-conference, Belfast, rth-ireland. 4 OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities, 2017

5 Debes H. Christiansen, Alastair J. A. McBeath, Maria Aamelfot, Iveta Matejusova, Mickael Fourrier, Knut Falk*. Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV): Evolution from non-virulent HPR0 type to virulent HPR-deleted virus. 58th Western Fish Disease Workshop, Suquamish, WA, USA c) National conferences: 7 Moldal T, Alarcón M, Bornø G, Lyngstad TM, Hjortaas MH and Sindre H. Smittesporing ved ILA-utbrudd (Tracing of ISA-outbreaks). Presentation at Frisk fisk 2017, Bergen, rway. Moldal T, Alarcón M, Bornø G, Lyngstad TM, Hjortaas MH and Sindre H. Smittesporing ved ILA-utbrudd (Tracing of ISA-outbreaks). Presentation at ILA-workshop, Værnes, rway. Maria Aamelfot, Debes H. Christiansen, Ole Bendik Dale, Alastair McBeath, Sylvie Benestad og Knut Falk. HPR0 ILA virus infiserer epitel hos Atlantisk laks. Presentation at Frisk fisk 2017, Bergen, rway. Debes H. Christiansen, Alastair J. A. McBeath, Maria Aamelfot, Iveta Matejusova, Mickael Fourrier, Patricia White, Petra E. Petersen, Knut Falk. Transition of ISAV-HPR0 to ISAV-HPR-deleted. Presentation at Frisk fisk 2017, Bergen, rway. Knut Falk. Utvikling fra HPR0 til sykdomsfremkallende virus når og hvorfor. Presentation at ILA-workshop, Værnes, rway. Brun E. Overvåking og bruk av diagnostiske tester, Kontroll med ILA. Presentation at ILA-workshop, Værnes, rway. Lyngstad TM. Er ILA et spørsmål om biosikkerhet? Kontroll med ILA. Presentation at ILA-workshop, Værnes, rway. d) Other: (Provide website address or link to appropriate information) 2 Aamelfot Maria, Debes H. Christiansen, Alastair J. A. McBeath, Iveta Matejusova, Mickael Fourrier, Patricia White, Petra E. Petersen, Knut Falk. (2017) Utvikling fra HPR0 til et virulent ILAV. rsk Fiskeoppdrett 4 ( Lyngstad TM, Aamelfot M, Brun E. (2017) Behov for økt fokus på infeksiøs lakseanemi (ILA). rsk Fiskeoppdrett 6/7. ( ToR 7: To provide scientific and technical training for personnel from OIE Member Countries To recommend the prescribed and alternative tests or vaccines as OIE Standards 14. Did your laboratory provide scientific and technical training to laboratory personnel from other OIE Member Countries? a) Technical visits: 0 b) Seminars: 1 c) Hands-on training courses: 1 d) Internships (>1 month): 0 Type of technical training provided (a, b, c or d) Country of origin of the expert(s) provided with training. participants from the corresponding country OIE Twinning project AQUACEN, Brazil 2 OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities,

6 ToR 8: To maintain a system of quality assurance, biosafety and biosecurity relevant for the pathogen and the disease concerned 15. Does your laboratory have a Quality Management System certified according to an International Standard? Quality management system adopted ISO17025 Certificate scan (PDF, JPG, PNG format) NVI Accreditation document.pdf 16. Is your laboratory accredited by an international accreditation body? Test for which your laboratory is accredited Flexible accreditation for real-time RT-PCR methods including ME07_181: ISAV matrix real-time RT-PCR Accreditation body rwegian Accreditation, member of EA 17. Does your laboratory maintain a biorisk management system for the pathogen and the disease concerned? (See Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals, Chapter 1.1.4) ToR 9: To organise and participate in scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE 18. Did your laboratory organise scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE? 19. Did your laboratory participate in scientific meetings on behalf of the OIE? ToR 10: To establish and maintain a network with other OIE Reference Laboratories designated for the same pathogen or disease and organise regular inter-laboratory proficiency testing to ensure comparability of results 20. Did your laboratory exchange information with other OIE Reference Laboratories designated for the same pathogen or disease? 6 OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities, 2017

7 21. Was your laboratory involved in maintaining a network with OIE Reference Laboratories designated for the same pathogen or disease by organising or participating in proficiency tests? 22. Did your laboratory collaborate with other OIE Reference Laboratories for the same disease on scientific research projects for the diagnosis or control of the pathogen of interest? ToR 11: To organise inter-laboratory proficiency testing with laboratories other than OIE Reference Laboratories for the same pathogens and diseases to ensure equivalence of results 23. Did your laboratory organise or participate in inter-laboratory proficiency tests with laboratories other than OIE Reference Laboratories for the same disease? te: See Interlaboratory test comparisons in: Laboratory Proficiency Testing at: see point 1.3 Purpose for inter-laboratory test comparisons 1. participating laboratories Region(s) of participating OIE Member Countries The EU-RL Annual Inter-laboratory Proficiency Test 2015 focused on identification of the pathogens causing the non- exotic and exotic fish diseases listed in Council Directive 2006/88/EC, including ISA 50 Africa Americas Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East ToR 12: To place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE 24. Did your laboratory place expert consultants at the disposal of the OIE? 25. Additional comments regarding your report: OIE Reference Laboratory Reports Activities,

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