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Local health protection services

Contacts: PHE regions and local centres

Laboratories and reference facilities

Specialist and reference microbiology: laboratory tests and services
Anaerobe reference unit (ARU): Cardiff
Bacteriology reference department (BRD)
Brucella reference unit (BRU)
Clostridium difficile ribotyping network (CDRN) service
Cryptosporidium reference unit (CRU)
Food, water and environmental laboratories
Genomic Services and Development Unit (GSDU)
Imported fever service (IFS)
Lyme borreliosis service
Malaria reference laboratory (Malaria RL)
Meningococcal reference unit (MRU)
Mycology reference laboratory (Mycology RL)
National leptospirosis service
National mycobacterium reference service- South (NMRS-South)
Primary care guidance: diagnosing and managing infections
Public health laboratories
Rare and imported pathogens laboratory (RIPL)
Toxoplasma reference laboratory (TRL)
UK national reference laboratory for food microbiology
Virus reference department (VRD)

Health surveillance and reporting programmes

Mosquitoes: surveillance and recording
Tick surveillance scheme
Human animal infections and risk surveillance group (HAIRS)
International Health Regulations 2005: UK National Focal Point communications protocol
Notifications of infectious diseases (NOIDs)

Research, testing and standards

Biosafety unit
Genomic research unit
Proficiency testing for food, water and environmental microbiology
Standards for microbiology investigations (SMI)

Other

Bioinformatics: online tools
Culture collections
Health protection training
Public health in prisons and secure settings
Radiation: products and services

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