Expected Outcomes

• Production of protocols or guidelines for outbreak management
• Increase of diagnostic capabilities for high treat pathogens and for diagnostics in outbreak situations
• Assessment of status quo and recommendations for improvement of laboratory capabilities and quality for diagnosis of highly pathogenic agents
• A wet-lab will exercise the developed results in situations of cross-border outbreaks
• Validation and improvement of biorisk management
• Maintenance and further development of the existing repositories of reference strains
• Improvement of the European capability to detect highly pathogenic agents by training