EuroReference

EuroReference, an online magazine launched in June 2009, is published three times a year, in English and French.
Its mission is to facilitate the dissemination and sharing of information among all referencing stakeholders at European level.

As a common forum for the members of the networks of reference laboratories and all the players concerned, it is geared to National Centres of Reference, health monitoring laboratories, the National and European Reference Laboratories, Ministries, directors of institutions, etc.

EuroReference focuses on scientific knowledge and news and deals with numerous issues concerning reference activities: methods, scientific and technical results, research, joint national, European and international projects, regulations governing health safety, the detection of emerging health risks, etc.

ISSN 2110-5294

In this issue...

News
Useful websites and links to InVS and EFSA websites
Inter-laboratoty proficiency tests agenda-EU
Reference Laboratories
Inter-laboratory proficiency testing in France
How and where to find European funding for research activities?

Research
Autochthonous cases of hepatitis E: where does the virus come from? Impact of pig slurry treatment on reduction of the viral load and prevalence of the virus in food substrates

Point of view
Adapting to changes in food systems: scientific challenges ahead
Hepatitis E virus: a foodborne zoonotic virus threatening the immunocompromised patient

Methods
HEV detection in raw pig liver products using a quantitative RT-PCR method

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