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)