Description
Material provided: By agreement of provider and user.
Unit definition: 1 week of access to the field & lab facilities
Personalized Training in West Nile virus surveillance including access to field site and lab facilities
- WNV surveillance design, serum equine and bird sample preparation.
- Serology assays for antibodies detection using competitive ELISA for horses and birds and IgM ELISA for horses and serology results analysis.
- Mosquito collections in the field using adult mosquito traps and introduction to mosquito classification.
- Viral RNA extraction and molecular analysis for viral genome and lineage detection using real time RT-PCR and molecular results analysis.
- Cases mapping and sampling design for active surveillance in case of West nile positive cases.
- Final discussion on West Nile virus surveillance.
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