Area |
Health Science |
Lab name |
Clinical Virology Laboratory |
Lab location |
Wallaceville Science Centre, Upper Hutt |
Test name |
Viral Haemorrhagic Fever and other Risk Group 4 Viral Pathogens |
Organisms |
Ebolavirus, Marburg Virus, Filovirus, Lassa Virus, Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus, Rift Valley Fever Virus, Hendra Virus and Nipah Virus |
Requested for surveillance |
No |
Notice required |
Yes, please contact virology@esr.cri.nz before the sample is sent.
Please note that samples will be processed in the MPI AHL Physical Containment Level 3 laboratory. |
Sample requirements |
2 x EDTA (4 mL) peripheral blood |
Media requirements |
Not applicable |
Specimen requirements |
Testing will be performed only by request from a clinical microbiologist/virologist or infectious diseases consultant. Request form must include relevant clinical details and state the clinician who has approved the test. |
Pre-transport requirements |
Ambient |
Transport requirements |
Ambient. Packaged as a Category A shipment. |
How results reported |
Report will state pathogen tested and the qualitative result, i.e. Detected or NOT Detected.
ESR may issue an interim result while confirmatory testing is performed by an Australian Reference Laboratory (VIDRL).
This is a notifiable disease. |
Turnaround time |
Contact the laboratory |
Referral link |