Co-Sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Public Health.
DESCRIPTION
Designed for individuals performing rabies testing in public health and veterinary diagnostics laboratories, this three and one-half day workshop addresses traditional rabies testing techniques, safety in the rabies laboratory, specimen acquisition and preparation, rabies quality control and proficiency testing, standardized testing procedures, emerging technologies and epidemiologic issues. Pre-requisite courses (available online at no cost) may be required.
AUDIENCE
This advanced-level workshop is designed for the public health microbiologists with responsibilities for bench testing or supervising the rabies laboratory. Participants must be familiar with the general methods for safe handling of infectious viruses.
OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of the program, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the basic properties of rabies virus, transmission and
disease course including clinical aspects of rabies in humans
- Discuss the epidemiology of animal rabies
- Assess Critical role of rabies laboratory for diagnostics and
interpretation of laboratory results
- Recommend safe practices for diagnostic testing and shipping
- Identify and prepare appropriate specimens for rabies testing
- Perform LN34 pan-Lyssavirus RT-PCR and interpret test results
- Describe unique considerations associated with rabies Nucleic
Acid Amplification Testing (NAAT)
- Discuss implementation of NAAT depending on laboratory
needs
- Review importance of standardized DFA
- Perform standardized DFA procedure including detecting rabies
virus (RV) antigen, troubleshooting and interpreting difficult test
results
- Perform modified commercial lateral flow assay
- Describe the recent and potential future updates to rabies virus
diagnostics
- Summarize quality control and quality assurance procedure for
the rabies laboratory
FACULTY
- Crystal Gigante, PhD, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Poxvirus and Rabies
Branch, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Lillian A. Orciari, MT, MS, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Poxvirus and Rabies
Branch, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA
- Carol Glaser, MD, DVM, MPVM, Center for Laboratory Sciences, California Department of Public
Health, Richmond, CA
- Sharon Messenger, PhD, Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department
of Public Health, Richmond, CA
ACCESIBILITY
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals seeking special accommodations must email a request to Ashton Blair at least three weeks prior to the workshop’s start date.
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