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National Reference Centers in Human Microbiology

Last updated on 6-2-2024 by Amber Van Laer

Welcome to the website of the National Reference Centres for Human Microbiology (NRCHM) (also available in Dutch and French).
This website contains information about the National Reference Centres (NRC) and the National Reference Laboratories (NRL).

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Call for application for the position of a National Reference Centre for Human Microbiology for 2025-2029

In case of questions or problems, please contact us at nrchm@sciensano.be.

National Reference Centers in Human Microbiology

Antibiotic resistant Gram negative bacilli
Arbovirus
Bordetella pertussis
Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
Brucella spp.
Burkholderia cepacia complex
Campylobacter
Clostridioides difficile
Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, and Clostridium tetani
Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella
DNA viruses
Enterococci
Enterovirus, including polioviruses and parechoviruses
Haemophilus influenzae
Hantavirus
Helicobacter pylori
Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viruses
Human papillomavirus
Influenza virus
Legionella pneumophila
Listeria monocytogenes
Measles, Mumps and Rubella viruses
Mycobacterium spp.
Mycosis
Neisseria meningitidis
Norovirus
Rabies
Respiratory pathogens
Rickettsia and Anaplasma (Ehrlichia)
Rotavirus
Salmonella and Shigella spp.
Shiga-toxine producing E.coli (STEC)
Staphylococcus aureus
STI: Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, LGV
Streptococcus agalactiae
Streptococcus pneumoniae (invasive)
Streptococcus pyogenes and other β-hemolytic streptococci non-group B (invasive)
Toxigenic corynebacteria
Toxoplasma, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus and Parvovirus B19
Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

National Reference Laboratories in Human Microbiology

Extra links

The National Reference Centres can upload their data using this link (download PDF icon the manual).

A data analysis module is available for data from the sentinel laboratory network and the reference centres (donwload PDF icon the manual).

Health professionals can find more information about HIV diagnosis and monitoring via the website of the AIDS Reference Laboratories (ARL).

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