National Reference Centre for Brucellosis
By Ministerial Decree of 4 October 1999, published in the Official Gazette of the Italian Republic (G.U.R.I.) No. 300 of 23 December 1999, the Ministry of Health established the National Reference Centre for Brucellosis at the headquarters of the Istituto Zooprofilattico of Abruzzo and Molise.
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D.M. del 4 ottobre 1999 "Centri di Referenza nazionali nel settore veterinario" (Brucellosi)(166 KB)
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Manuela Tittarelli
Head
Graduated in Biological Sciences from the University of Bologna (1988). Registered in the national professional register of biologists (1990, no. EA_007475).
She currently holds a highly specialised executive position (Dirigente sanitario con incarico di altissima professionalità, effective from 2024).
She is Head of the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for brucellosis, as well as of the National Reference Centre for brucellosis, and is responsible for the serum bank within the national network of bio-reagent banks.
Graduated in Biological Sciences from the University of Bologna (1988). Registered in the national professional register of biologists (1990, no. EA_007475).
She currently holds a highly specialised executive position (Dirigente sanitario con incarico di altissima professionalità, effective from 2024).
She is Head of the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for brucellosis, as well as of the National Reference Centre for brucellosis, and is responsible for the serum bank within the national network of bio-reagent banks.
Her role includes responsibility for the validation and accreditation of testing methods used by the Animal Health Laboratory. This involves organising inter-laboratory comparison tests, validating reagents, maintaining updated lists of reference materials, and harmonising testing methods in accordance with the guidance of relevant national and European Union reference laboratories.
She collaborates with relevant departments within the Institute and with the network of IIZZSS laboratories in managing the activities of the NRL and the National Reference Centre for brucellosis. She also works in partnership with the EU Reference Laboratory (EU-RL) for brucellosis.
She manages and participates in national and international research projects and collaborates with WOAH reference laboratories and with FAO as a brucellosis expert. She organises and attends national and international conferences, both as speaker and participant.
She has been employed at IZSAM since 1992, when she was appointed Assistant Biologist (Level IX) after passing a public recruitment procedure based on qualifications and examinations (1990 call). Initially assigned to the Animal Health Laboratory and the Serology Unit, in 1994 she was entrusted with coordinating all technical and operational activities of the Serology Unit at IZSAM. She worked in the Immunology and Serology Unit for thirty years as Head of Unit (1994–2024), and since 2009 also as Head of the National Reference Centre for brucellosis.
Over the years, she has enhanced her professional development by attending numerous training courses and visiting various national and international animal health laboratories.
She is co-author of 89 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals (Scopus h-index: 16).
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