The 2023 workshop was held in Rome from November 16 to November 17.
Agenda 2023
Opening
- Evaluation of EURL designations and Revision of Regulation (EU) 20151375- Kris de Smet (DG SANTE)
Session 1: Proficiency testing
- PT 2023 on Trichinella larvae, detection and species identification - G. Marucci (EURLP)
- PT 2023 on detection of Echinococcus spp. worms in intestinal mucosa - A. Santoro (EURLP)
- PT 2023 Molecular identification of Echinococcus spp - F. Santolamazza (EURLP)
- PT 2023 on detection of Anisakis spp larvae in fish fillets - F. Santolamazza (EURLP)
- PT 2023 on Molecular identification of Anisakid nematodes - A. Santoro (EURLP)
- PT 2023 detection of anti-Toxoplasma IgG in ovine serum samples - A. Ludovisi (EURLP)
Session 2: New typing methods for foodborne parasites
- Trich-tracker: a tool to trace Trichinella outbreaks - Ewa Bilska (NRL Poland)
- Genotyping Toxoplasma: a close collaboration of European laboratories resulted in new guidelines for microsatellite typing and a Next Generation Sequencing-based typing method - Gereon Schares (NRL Germany)
Session 3: Epidemiology of foodborne parasites
- Genotyping of Echinococcus multilocularis in Europe: achievements and future perspectives - Azzurra Santoro (EURLP)
- Denmark: Echinococcus multilocularis in wildlife - diagnostic tools and surveillance programs - Rosalina Rotovnik (NRL Denmark)
- Cystic Echinococcosis in Sardinia: from DNA environmental contamination to the increased risk of human new infection - Cinzia Santucciu (NRL Echinococcus, Italy)
- Application of EURLP validated methods for the detection and identification of Anisakids in important gadid fish species from Norwegian waters - Lucilla Giulietti (NRL Norway)
- Trichinella in Dutch wildlife: past, present and future - Frits Franssen (Netherlands)
- Trichinella in rodents - Antti Oksanen (NRL Finland)
- The travelling tapeworm: A cluster of (neuro)cysticercosis cases in a Belgian school. Diagnostic challenges - Famke Jansen (NRL Belgium)
Session 4: Selected contributions
- The results of the NRL for Trichinellosis (NRLT-INEP): fifteen fruitful years of cooperation with the EURLP - Lijljana Sofronic (Serbia)
- Analysis of historical data for Trichinella proficiency testing and definition of evaluation standards for routine labs - Isabelle Vallee (BRL France)
- Troubleshooting magnetic stirrer digestion method for detection of Trichinella spp. in fox muscle samples - Rosalina Rotovnik (NRL Denmark)
- A European multicenter survey on Toxoplasma gondii oocysts contamination in RTE salads: a true risk for consumers? - Marco Lalle (EURLP)
- Strongyloides stercoralis: 10 years of colonisation attempts through imported dogs in Iceland (2012-2022) - Guðný Rut Pálsdóttir (NRL Iceland)
- Anisakidae in different hosts, including grey seals - Gunita Deksne (NRL Latvia)
- Parasites of veterinary interest - laboratory findings in 2023 in North Macedonia - Jovana Stefanovska (NRL North Macedonia)
- Activities of the NRL Lithuania - Tatjana Scavlinskaja (NRL Lithuania)
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