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Division II Detailed diagnostic methods and procedures for the surveillance and for the confirmation of the presence of or to rule out the suspicion of ISA

United Kingdom

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When laboratory examination for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining a certain health status with regard to ISA as set out in Section I of Part 3 of Annex I, or for the purpose of the confirmation of the presence of or to rule out a suspicion of ISA in accordance with Article 57(b) of Directive 2006/88/EC, are carried out, using the diagnostic methods set out in Section II of Part 3 of Annex I, the detailed methods and procedures set out in the following points II.1 to II.5 shall apply.

  1. II.1Examination of samples by RT-PCR
  2. II.2ISAV isolation on cell cultures
  3. II.3Examination of other tissues
  4. II.4Histology
  5. II.5Immunohistochemistry (IHC)