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Institut Pasteur Paris - Access to BSL 3 containment facility. The access will comprise a detailed theoretical and practical application of different methods to grow lyssaviruses: strain isolation from clinical sample, virus adaptation to cell culture and Virus titration Access to BSL 3 containment facility. The access will comprise a detailed theoretical and practical application of different methods to grow lyssaviruses: strain isolation from clinical sample, virus adaptation to cell culture and Virus titration

Institut Pasteur Paris - General description of the RFFIT and required skills and equipment. Preparation of cells, sera and titrated virus. Read-out of the results and interpretation.

Institut Pasteur Paris - General description of fluorecent antibody tets (FAT), virus isolation, lateral flow device in the context of rabies diagnosis and surveillance. Practical training in these technique in BSL3.

Institut Pasteur Paris - In this 2 weeks course the basic principles of routine virus typing will be addressed by a combination of lectures, demonstration and hands-on training. Participants will perform all required laboratory and analysis procedures for routine typing of lyssaviruses: Special attention will be given to quality control and assay validation.

Institut Pasteur Paris - In this 2 days course the principles of QMS and its implementation for routine lyssavirus and rabies virus diagnosis will be addressed by a combination of lectures and demonstration

Access to UL infrastructure for learning/training on techniques related to virus isolation and characterization.