Joint Seminar of National Reference Laboratories and National Reference Centers

March 31, 2016

ANSES, Maisons-Alfort Institute for Public Health Surveillance

In their respective fields, the Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) and the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) support and develop public health surveillance activities for human, animal, and plant populations. In this context, each agency coordinates and oversees a network of reference laboratories: the National Reference Centers (CNR) for human health, and the National Reference Laboratories (LNR) for animal health and food safety. Information from these networks is processed in conjunction with data from other sources at the national, European, or international levels.

With this in mind, for several years the two agencies have encouraged cooperation between NRCs and NRLs working on common themes, particularly zoonoses and foodborne infections. The purpose of this seminar was to take stock of this cooperation by sharing concrete experiences at the national or European level and to discuss ways to further strengthen it. In particular, the discussion focused on certain methods used for the operational implementation of communicable disease surveillance, including antibiotic resistance, from a One Health perspective to support risk management.

Program (pdf)

Oral presentations

The reference function in 2016: Perspectives from InVS and ANSES - M. Savey and B. Coignard Download the document (pdf)Download the document (pdf)

An example of successful cooperation between LNR and CNR regarding Salmonella - S. Le Hello and R. Lailler Download the document (pdf)

CNR and LNR in the Age of NGS: Challenges and Prospects for Reference Laboratories and Public Health: The Case of Listeria - S. Brisse and S. Roussel or M.Y. Mistou Download the document (pdf)Download the document (pdf)

Antibiotic resistance surveillance: Organization and implementation, example of plasmid resistance to colistin - JY Madec, V. Jarlier Download the document (PDF) Download the document (PDF)

Method for monitoring communicable diseases in humans and animals

  • Principles of zoonosis surveillance - A. MaillesDownload the document (pdf)

  • Epidemiological surveillance in animal health: the ESA platform - Calavas or L. BournezDownload the document (pdf)

  • Methods for detecting unusual events - Y. Le StratDownload the document (pdf)

  • Source attribution - J. David and P. Kooh

EU Reference Laboratories: ANSES’s experience with Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus - B. LombardDownload the document (PDF)

Community structuring of reference centers: Example of EU Reference Laboratories in animal health and prospects in human health - M. PletschetteDownload the document (pdf)