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Virology Program
Mel Krajden, MD
FRCPC
Associate Director,
BCCDC Laboratory
Services, Professor
Dept Path & Lab
Medicine,
UBC, Email:
[email protected]
Martin Petric, PhD
Clinical Virologist,
BCCDC Laboratory
Services, Professor
Dept Path & Lab
Medicine, UBC,
Email:
Martin.petric@bccdc.
ca
Program Head:
Mel Krajden, Martin Petric
Section Head:
Annie Mak,Peggy Tsang VS
Staff: 40
Research:
 SARS
 Influenza viruses
 Gastroenteritis
viruses
 Hepatitis
 Molecular diagnosis
Virology Program
 Culture and identification of viruses
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from tissues and fluids
Rapid Respiratory Virus testing by
Direct Fluorescent Antibody testing
PCR, Luminex respiratory virus
testing (Influenza A, B, Parainfluenza
1,2,3 , Adenovirus and 14 others)
Rapid HSV centrifugation-enhanced
plate typing test
Tissue culture for other viruses
SARS, pandemic Influenza by culture
and molecular (PCR) methods
Electron microscope
Virology Program
 Viral Serology for:
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Hepatitis A,B, C
Hepatitis genotyping by (PCR)
HIV
Parvovirus
Epstein Barr, Cytomegalovrius
Measles, mumps
Herpes (Type Specific)
 HIV and other viral markers for
the Organ Donor Programs
(Eye Bank of BC, BC Transplant
Society)
 Prenatal screen panel for HIV,
Rubella, Hep B Surface Antigen
Zoonotic Emerging
Pathogens
Muhammad Morshed, MSc, PhD
Clinical Professor
Dept Path & Lab Medicine
University of British Columbia
Email:
[email protected]
Program Head:
M. Morshed
Section Head:
Quantine Wong
Staff:13
Research:
 Zoonotic diseases
 Syphilis
 Helicobacter pylori
Zoonotic Emerging Pathogens
 Testing for diseases transmissible
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from animals to man (zoonoses)
Vector-Borne diseases: Lyme
disease, West Nile virus, Relapsing
Fever
Emerging Pathogens: Syphilis
screening and confirmation,
Helicobacter pylori
Unusual bacterial, fungal and
parasitic serologies
Reference services and field studies
for zoonotic outbreaks
Molecular diagnostics for WNV in
mosquitoes, syphilis and Borrelia
Hanta Virus
Objectives
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To describe the different microbiology disciplines
To outline Core Functions of public health labs,
outlining some Why, What and Who’s
To list provincial, national and international public
health partners
To describe how all microbiology labs collaborate
in the public health network
To let you know what BCCDC and what BCCDC
Laboratory Services does (your provincial public
health reference microbiology labs)
Public Health Labs Team
Coming to Health Authorities
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Pan Flu Molecular
Other PH Testing
Quality
Surveillance
Education
Training
Next few months
Meet with PH, Labs
Public Health Labs
Network Team
• Judy Isaac-Renton
(Director)
• Jeff Stott
(Lab Manager)
• Shelley Tiffin
(Leader)
• Alan McNabb
(Quality, Molecular)
• Others