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European Union Reference Laboratory for Rift Valley fever
In line with the Regulation (EU) No 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the 15 of March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, and, in particular, with art 93 thereof, on 24 November 2022, European Commission officially designated the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise (IZSAM), Teramo, Italy, as European Union Reference Laboratory (EU-RL) for Rift Valley fever.
Latest News
The RVF EURL at the inaugural workshop of the Provna 2 project
From November 12 to 14, 2024, the inaugural workshop of the Provna 2 project, titled "Defining Ecoregions and Prototyping an Earth Observation (EO)-based Vector-borne Disease Surveillance System for North Africa," took place in Tunis. Sponsored [...]
Combine EURL workshop 2024: here the RVF report
Dear colleagues, I would like to thank all participants to the first combine workshops of the National Reference Laboratories for peste des petits ruminants, Capripox virus, and Rift Valley Fever virus, and to express my [...]
Combine EURL workshop 2024: here the programme
Dear colleagues, Everything is nearly ready for the upcoming annual RVF meeting, which is just two weeks away. This year, in an effort to encourage greater attendance, we have partnered with the European reference laboratories [...]