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National Reference Centers for Human Microbiology [1]

Welcome to the website of the National Reference Centres for Human Microbiology (NRCHM) (also available in Dutch [2] and French [3]).
This website contains information about the National Reference Centres (NRC) and the National Reference Laboratories (NRL).

Important communication (April 2025)

Doctors and laboratories are obliged to report certain infectious diseases to the appropriate government agencies. Please consult the following webpage [4]for more information.

National Reference Centers in Human Microbiology

Antibiotic resistant Gram-negative bacteria [5]
antiviral resistant Herpesviridae [6]
Arboviruses [7]
Bordetella pertussis [8]
Borrelia spp. [9]
Brucella spp. [10]
Burkholderia spp. [11]
Campylobacter spp. [12]
Clostridioides difficile [13]
Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, and Clostridium tetani [14]
Congenital infections: Toxoplasma, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus and Parvovirus B19 [15]
Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella spp. [16]
Enterococci [17]
Enterovirus, including polioviruses and parechoviruses [18]
Haemophilus influenzae [19]
Hantavirus [20]
Helicobacter pylori [21]
Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viruses [22]
Human papillomavirus [23]
Legionella pneumophila [24]
Listeria monocytogenes [25]
Measles, Mumps and Rubella viruses [26]
Mycobacterium spp. [27]
Mycosis [28]
Neisseria meningitidis [29]
Norovirus [30]
Rabies [31]
Respiratory pathogens [32]
Rickettsia and Anaplasma [33]
Rotavirus [34]
Salmonella and Shigella spp. [35]
Shiga-toxin producing E.coli (STEC) [36]
Staphylococcus aureus [37]
STI and mpox: Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, LGV, mpox [38]
Streptococcus agalactiae [39]
Streptococcus pneumoniae (invasive) [40]
Streptococcus pyogenes and other β-hemolytic streptococci non-group B (invasive) [41]
Toxigenic Corynebacteria [42]
Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus [43]
Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis [44]

National Reference Laboratories in Human Microbiology

Source URL:https://www.sciensano.be/en/national-reference-centers-human-microbiology

Links
[1] https://www.sciensano.be/en/national-reference-centers-human-microbiology [2] https://www.sciensano.be/nl/nationale-referentiecentra-voor-humane-microbiologie [3] https://www.sciensano.be/fr/centres-nationaux-de-reference-en-microbiologie-humaine [4] https://www.sciensano.be/en/projects/notifiable-infectious-diseases [5] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-antibiotic-resistant-gram-negative-bacteria [6] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-antiviral-resistant-herpesviridae [7] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-arboviruses [8] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-bordetella-pertussis [9] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-borrelia-spp [10] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-brucella-spp-0 [11] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-burkholderia-spp [12] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-campylobacter-spp [13] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-clostridioides-difficile [14] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-clostridium-botulinum-clostridium-perfringens-and-clostridium-tetani [15] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-congenital-infections-toxoplasma-rubella-cytomegalovirus-and [16] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-coxiella-burnetii-and-bartonella-spp [17] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-enterococci [18] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-enterovirus-including-polioviruses-and-parechoviruses [19] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-haemophilus-influenzae [20] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-hantavirus [21] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-helicobacter-pylori [22] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-hepatitis-a-b-c-d-and-e-viruses [23] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-human-papillomavirus [24] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-legionella-pneumophila [25] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-listeria-monocytogenes [26] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-measles-mumps-and-rubella-viruses [27] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-mycobacterium-spp [28] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-mycosis [29] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-neisseria-meningitidis [30] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-norovirus [31] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-rabies [32] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-respiratory-pathogens [33] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-rickettsia-and-anaplasma [34] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-rotavirus [35] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-salmonella-and-shigella-spp [36] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-shiga-toxin-producing-e-coli-stec [37] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-staphylococcus-aureus [38] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-sti-treponema-pallidum-chlamydia-trachomatis-neisseria-gonorrhoeae-lgv [39] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-streptococcus-agalactiae [40] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-streptococcus-pneumoniae-invasive [41] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-streptococcus-pyogenes-and-other-beta-hemolytic-streptococci-non-group [42] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-toxigenic-corynebacteria [43] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-vibrio-cholerae-and-vibrio-parahaemolyticus [44] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-center-nrc-yersinia-enterocolitica-and-yersinia-pseudotuberculosis [45] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-bacillus-anthracis [46] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-burkholderia-mallei [47] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-burkholderia-pseudomallei [48] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-chlamydia-psittaci [49] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-clostridium-tetani [50] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-cryptosporidium [51] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-cyclospora [52] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-echinococcus [53] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-entamoeba-histolytica [54] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-francisella-tularensis [55] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-leishmania [56] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-leptospira [57] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-parasites [58] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-plasmodium [59] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-tropheryma-whipplei [60] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-trypanasoma-cruzi-chagas [61] https://www.sciensano.be/en/nrc-nrl/national-reference-laboratory-nrl-yersinia-pestis