# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1554 of 11 September 2015 laying down rules for the application of Directive 2006/88/EC as regards requirements for surveillance and diagnostic methods (notified under document C(2015) 6188) (Text with EEA relevance), Division II: Detailed diagnostic methods and procedures for the confirmation of or to rule out the suspicion of VHS or IHN or both in suspected outbreaks

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

When a laboratory examination is required to confirm or rule out the presence of IHN or VHS or both in accordance with Article 57(b) of Directive 2006/88/EC using the diagnostic methods set out in point II.3 of Part 1 of Annex I, the following detailed diagnostic methods and procedures shall apply:
(a)conventional virus isolation with subsequent seroneutralisation, immune-chemical or molecular virus identification;
(b)virus detection by RT-PCR or RT-qPCR;
(c)other diagnostic techniques such as IFAT, ELISA, RT-PCR, IHC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/1554/annex/II/part/1/division/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1554/annex-II/part-1/division-II
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