Viral Haemorrhagic Fever and other Risk Group 4 Viral Pathogens

Clinical Virology Laboratory

 

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

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