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Regional Reference Laboratory of the WHO/Europe for Poliomyelitis

Elektron Mikroscopy of Polio virus. Source: CDC

Head: Sabine Diedrich
Deputy: Sindy Böttcher

Tasks

Molecular-epidemiological analysis of selected picornavirus serotypes
Intratypic differentiation of poliovirus isolates using molecular methods (PCR, sequencing in different genome regions)
Support of European countries in the diagnostic clarification of selected AFP cases (cultivation, typing and sequencing)
Providing of reference material (cell culture)