Consultant in Infection - Salisbury, United Kingdom - UK Health Security Agency

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Salisbury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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The Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL) provides the national diagnostic service for the detection of arboviruses, rickettsiae, leptospirosis, viral haemorrhagic fevers and a range of ACDP hazard group 3 bacteria including _Bacillus anthracis _and _Francisella tularensis _.

The Lyme disease specialist unit diagnostic service was transferred into RIPL in 2012.

RIPL is part of the National Infection Service of the UK Health Security Agency and works closely with other departments covering a wide range of infectious disease services and associated epidemiology services.

RIPL is also home to the national Imported Fever Service, a partnership between RIPL clinicians and clinicians from the Tropical Infectious Diseases units of the Royal Liverpool and University College Hospitals.

RIPL is a category 1 response laboratory for high consequence infectious diseases and biothreat agents, and forms part of the UK's national resilience provisions.

RIPL also works closely with DEFRA teams on certain zoonotic diseases.
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