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Laboratory capacity and capability

ECDC aim to strengthen the capability and capacity of the EU public health microbiology system

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Molecular and genomic typing

Molecular typing of pathogens that cause infectious diseases complements the traditional epidemiological surveillance

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External quality assessments

ECDC is supporting a large number of targeted External Quality Assessment (EQA) schemes

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Latest outputs

News

Pioneering project describes molecular epidemiology of listeriosis in humans and Listeria monocytogenes in food

News story -

Publication

Methods for the detection and identification of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Technical report -

Publication

Multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis sequence type (ST)11 infections linked to poultry products in the EU/EEA and the United Kingdom

Risk assessment -

Publication

Detection and characterisation capability and capacity for SARS-CoV-2 variants within the EU/EEA

Technical report -

Publication

Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 - first update

Technical guidance -

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Use of a whole genome sequencing-based approach for Mycobacterium tuberculosis surveillance in Europe in 2017-2019: an ECDC pilot study

Jan 2021

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Why we need more collaboration in Europe to enhance post-marketing surveillance of vaccines

Dec 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Quantifying outcome misclassification in multi-database studies: The case study of pertussis in the ADVANCE project

Dec 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis among migrants in Europe, 1995 to 2017

Dec 2020

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Variable sensitivity in molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 in European Expert Laboratories: External Quality Assessment, June - July 2020

Dec 2020

EU integrated surveillance of antimicrobial resistance

A cross-cutting EU integrated surveillance and epidemic intelligence of antimicrobial resistance in human and zoonotic pathogens is being developed by ECDC and members and coordination group of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (E

External quality assessments (EQA)

Laboratory capacity and capability

The primary goal of the EU laboratory Capability Monitoring System is to assess the capacity and capability of microbiology laboratories at national and EU level.

Molecular and genomic typing

Molecular typing of pathogens that cause infectious diseases complements the traditional epidemiological surveillance

External links

CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention): Influenza

Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)

Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD)

Epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe, 2019

European Biosafety Association (EBSA)

European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST)

European Federation of Parasitologists (EFP)

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV)

European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

GISAID

Laboratory readiness and response for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in expert laboratories in 30 EU/EEA countries, January 2020

OECD report: Health at a Glance Europe 2018 - Public health laboratory capacity to control infectious diseases threats

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe)

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Networks

National Microbiology Focal Points

Disease and laboratory networks