We’re glad to inform you that the report of the inter-laboratory test evaluating the performance characteristics of the pan-lyssavirus real-time RT-PCR tests has just been released. We would like to warmly thank all the participants for their implication and their contribution in a better understanding of the available pan RT-PCR techniques, their variations and implications.   The report is available under restricted access here (onglet ILT reports).

Review of rabies analysis oral route diagnosis and follow-up vaccination carried out in the NRLs in 2023 is now available on the website (under restricted access)!  

The EURL for Rabies is glad to announce that the next Workshop will held the 10 and 11 June 2025 in Maison-Alfort, France, a municipality in the suburbs of Paris. Please take note that this Workshop dedicated to NRL will be held on site only. The meeting place will be located at ANSES headquarters. Save the Date in your agendas!  

Monitoring Rabies in Media dashboard has been developed by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) to monitor open source Media for news articles related to rabies. It presents the spatiotemporal distribution of news articles published worldwide, it classifies the articles by source and target country,  it detects alerts when the number of publications is increasing unexpectedly and it provides access to the webpages of the...

The 15th edition of the Workshop for Rabies took place in Vienna, Austria, on 5 and 6 June 2024. This year, the event was organized in hybrid format with 48 physical and 28 online attendances. It was with pleasure that everyone gathered to meet and discuss the latest news about rabies in Europe and future projects. We thank AGES for co-organizing and hosting this event and all the participants, who brought this Workshop to life through their various presentations. The presentations given...

  Dear Colleagues, The year 2023 has been full of challenges, thank you for everything you have brought and for your constant implictaion in our collaboartive projects. We hope you will have restfull and joyful end of year celebrations. Best wishes and see you soon in 2024! 

The EURL for Rabies is glad to announce that the next Rabies Workshop will held the 5 and 6 June 2023 in Vienna, Austria. This event dedicated to the NRL for Rabies network will be closely co-organised by AGES, the Austrian Federal Ministry and ANSES. As previous years, there will also be the opportunity to take part online as the event will be in hybrid format. Save the Date in your agendas!

The Slovenian capital Ljubljana was the venue for the annual rabies meeting organised by EURL on June 21-22, 2023. This year’s edition was marked by great joy for the reunion and very constructive exchanges on various rabies topics as well as on future joint work. In addition to the representative of the European Commission, Thierry Chalus, and representatives of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) (formerly known as “OIE”), the Food and Agriculture...

The 2023 session of the inter-laboratory test (ILT) for rabies diagnosis has ended. Samples have been dispatched to more than thirty laboratories who registered to take part to this ILT. The objective of this interlaboratory test was to evaluate the rabies diagnosis conclusion of participating laboratories. Techniques used were reference technique used under routine condition. Deadline for submission of the results was June 19, 2023. The EURL Team wishes the best to all participants and remains...

The 2023 session of the Inter laboratory test (ILT) for rabies diagnosis is about to begin. The shipping of sample panels is scheduled for the 15th of May. Thirty-four panels will be sent to participating laboratories among the EURL network. Laboratories, which have not totally complied with documentation requirements, must ensure compliance before May 14th 2023. Submission of the results will have to made through a digital survey on a dedicated server.